BACKGROUND The sudden increase in the number of human cases infected with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus after September 2016 raised global concern. OBJECTIVES To assess the changes in epidemiological characteristics of H7N9 cases since the massive closure of live poultry markets (LPMs) in the main urban areas in Zhejiang province. METHODS We used descriptive statistics to compare epidemiolo...

extended abstract introduction the widespread and great inequalities in income generation, commonwealth, job opportunities and developmental facilities between urban and rural areas, have leaded the rural population towards the decline and in some instances the rural exodus. additionally, the rural poverty and deprivation has also caused major urban crisis, due to the vast rural migration and ...

urban quality of life represents more than the private “living standards” and refers to all the elements of the conditions in which people live, that is, all their needs and requirements. in economic literature, urban quality of life is usually assessed through the standard revealed-preference approach, which defines a qol index as the monetary value of urban amenities. this paper proposes an i...

knowing income inequality in socio-economic subgroups helps us to achieve justice. the main goal of this study is to evaluate, decompose and compare the theil and atkinson inequality indices in terms of the inequality within and inequality between urban and rural area in tehran province during the 3rd and the 4th economic development program of iran. doing so, we used the micro households'...

BACKGROUND Chronic non-communicable diseases have become the major cause of death in China. This study describes and compares chronic disease mortality between urban and rural residents in Hubei Province, central China. METHODS Death records of all individuals aged 15 years and over who died from 2008 through 2010 in Hubei were obtained from the Disease Surveillance Points system maintained b...

OBJECTIVE This study estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and cancer deaths in Hebei province using incidence and mortality data from 9 population-based cancer registries in 2012. METHODS The data of new diagnosed cancer cases and cancer deaths in 2012 were collected from 9 population-based cancer registries of Hebei province in 2015. All the data met the National Central Cancer Registry...

BACKGROUND Approximately 2.2 billion (2200 million) of the world population are living in the area with Iodine deficiency (ID), most of them in the developing countries. In IRAN about 2 million are exposed to Iodine deficiency. Most of the complications of ID are not curable, especially brain damage. On the other hand, adding iodine to daily salt is a suitable program for decreasing iodine defi...

Background: Pediculosis capitis is a common parasitic infection of children. In this study we assessed the prevalence of head pediculosis among the middle schoolchildren in the urban and rural areas of Fars province, southern Iran. Methods: All middle schoolchildren ages 11-14, in all the urban and rural areas of the province were screened for head lice infestation by examining their hair and s...

background: infertility is defined as one year unprotected intercourse without pregnancy. it greatly affects couples' quality of life and has great impact on their careers everyday activities sexual and non-sexual relationships. objective: to study the prevalence of both primary and secondary infertility and demographic characteristics of it in yazd province. materials and methods: we studied 5...