BACKGROUND Adults in late middle age who lack health insurance are more likely to die or experience a decline in their overall health. Because most estimates of the uninsured are cross-sectional, the true number of individuals whose health is at risk from being uninsured is unclear. METHODS We analyzed a nationally representative sample of 6065 US adults 51 to 57 years old who were interviewe...

Zhari Namco, a large lake in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), is sensitive to climate and environmental change. However, it difficult retrieve accurate continuous levels for Namco. A robust strategy, including atmospheric delay correction, waveform retracking, outlier deletion, inter-satellite adjustment, proposed generate long-term series of Namco through multi-altimeter data. Apparent biases are fou...

Data up to 1995 on the survival of 3-yr cohorts of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) born in the UK in the period 1968–1992 have previously been published. The present study reports survival data up to the end of 2003 together with a 2003 population estimate. All subjects with CF born in the UK in the period 1968–1992 were identified up to 1997 by active enquiry through recognised CF clinics a...

The winter of 1992 was the coldest on record in New Zealand since the 1940s. Temperatures in New Zealand were as much as 3øC below average, with heavy rain and unusual snow. The oceanic surface layer in the southwest Pacific was also anomalously cold over the same period. A World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) hydrographic section (P14C) between Auckland and Fiji during September 1992 foun...

Data up to 1995 on the survival of 3-yr cohorts of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) born in the UK in the period 1968-1992 have previously been published. The present study reports survival data up to the end of 2003 together with a 2003 population estimate. All subjects with CF born in the UK in the period 1968-1992 were identified up to 1997 by active enquiry through recognised CF clinics a...

Pancreatic cancer represents a real clinical challenge. The aim of the SUDCAN collaborative study was to compare the net survival from pancreatic cancer between six European Latin countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland) and provide trends in net survival and dynamics of excess mortality rates up to 5 years after diagnosis. The data were extracted from the EUROCARE-5 ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude of change in the proportion of term and postterm (37 completed weeks or more) large for gestational age (LGA) infants between 1992-2001 in Sweden and to examine whether time trends in prevalence of LGA births can be explained by changes in maternal risk factors. METHODS Using the population-based Swedish Birth Register, we analyzed data from 1992 through 20...

OBJECTIVES This period analysis provides Canadian predictions of the short- and long-term relative survival of people recently diagnosed with cancer. Long-term period and cohort-based estimates are also compared. DATA SOURCES Data are from the Canadian Cancer Registry, the Canadian Mortality Data Base, and Statistics Canada life tables. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Relative survival analyses were ...

INTRODUCTION The diseases caused by Leishmania are spread worldwide and represent a significant public health problem. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to present the results of epidemiological surveillance of leishmaniasis in humans in Montenegro in the period from 1992 to 2013. METHODS The study was planned and realized as a descriptive epidemiological study.The sample included patient...

This paper examines patterns and trends in motor vehicle safety recalls using a dataset based on 23.1 million vehicles registered in the UK between 1992 and 2002. A safety recall occurs when vehicle manufacturers call vehicles that have been sold and are in use back to their dealerships for safety-related remedial work. Safety recalls can be costly for car makers, and potentially harmful to bra...