Over the past 50 years, the reduction of mortality from CVD in Germany has followed a similar trend as the OECD average, reaching 310 per 100 000 population, 4% higher than the OECD average of 299 in 2011 (Figure 1). However, potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 490 per 100 000 population for diseases of the circulatory system in 2011, is 16% lower th...

A chieving historic reductions in global cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality will require attention to detail in 4 areas: a clear understanding of current trends in CVD mortality , an appreciation of what has influenced positive trends in CVD mortality, a knowledge of which interventions are cost-effective, and an ability to scale the interventions. Globally, CVD mortality has increased, 1 b...

In recent years, we have obtained new data about venous thromboembolism (VTE)—a term covering deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)—that have substantially increased interest in the problem. According to the Study on Thromboembolism in Spain,1 incidence of VTE diagnosed in-hospital is approximately 124 cases per 100 000 individuals. This represents about 55 000 new cases and 30...

Child injuries are a growing global public health problem 1 , with injury and violence responsible for approximately 950 000 deaths annually in children. Injuries from accidents are the leading causes of death among those in the 10–19 year age group, with the 5 major causes being: (i) road traffic accidents (RTAs); (ii) burns; (iii) drowning; (iv) poisoning and; (v) falls 2 . The burden of paed...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a major public health problem. More than 250 000 deaths in the United States are attributed to SCD annually, and recent statistics demonstrate that in 1999, there were 341 780 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, accounting for 47% of all cardiac-related deaths.1 Despite improvements in emergency systems across the country and advances in the prevention an...

The Brugada syndrome has gained wide recognition throughout the world and today is believed to be responsible for 4% to 12% of all sudden deaths and approximately 20% of deaths in patients with structurally normal hearts. The incidence of the disease is on the order of 5 per 10 000 inhabitants and, apart from accidents, is the leading cause of death of men under the age of 50 in regions of the ...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 19 April 2010 192 8 432-437 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Research 1880 deaths were classified as suicide, an overall non-age-adjusted rate of 8.9 per 100 000. Although the number of deaths from suicide fell, this does not appear to be the result of decline in suicidal ideation or rates of attempted suicide. The 1997 Natio...

In a review of 192 countries, Johnston and colleagues report that stroke mortality (per 100 000) was as low as 24 in the Seychelles (African region). This estimate is in sharp contrast with the fairly high rates previously described in the Seychelles: 143 men and 101 women per 100 000 in 2002, and 92 men and 69 women per 100 000 between 2002 and 2005. The earlier and higher estimates in this co...

AIMS To discover the incidence of fatal and severe allergic reactions to food in a large population of children. METHODS A retrospective search for fatalities in children 0-15 years from 1990 to February 1998, primarily of death certification at offices of national statistics. A prospective survey of fatal and severe reactions from March 1998 to February 2000, primarily through the British Pa...