The cause of thymoma is unknown. No population-based study has described demographic patterns of thymoma incidence. Previous reports have linked thymoma with diverse subsequent malignancies, but these associations are uncertain. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data to study the incidence of malignant thymoma by sex, age and race in the United States (1973-1998). Incide...

Background Cerebrovascular disease is the second leading cause of death and third disability following heart disease. In 2019, there were over 101 million people living with a stroke 12.2 incidents globally. For past three decades, has remained in Brazil, causing 100,000 fatalities annually, along numerous functional impairments among those who survive. The Brazilian healthcare system witnessed...

This paper investigates whether declines in suicide by insecticide poisoning India following a national ban on endosulfan 2011were associated with changes other methods of and total rates. Method-specific rates between 2001–2014 were calculated using National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data sex, age group region, observed compared to expected for the period post-2011. There an estimated 20,146...

A STUDY OF JOINPOINT MODELS FOR LONGITUDINAL DATA by Libo Zhou Dr. Kaushik Ghosh, Examination Committee Chair Associate Professor, Biostatistics University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA In many medical studies, data are collected simultaneously on multiple biomarkers from each individual. Levels of these biomarkers are measured periodically over certain time duration, giving rise to longitudinal tr...

Introduction: Heart failure is the third most common cause of death after coronary artery disease and stroke. By monitoring mortality trends heart failure, control over progression can be increased. Therefore, we aimed to create a trend by taking data on deaths due in Turkiye last ten years. Methods: We obtained population estimates for Turkey from TurkStat website. Age- sex-specific age-standa...

This study aims to assess recent trends and characteristics for infanticide the sub-groups: neonaticide post-neonaticide during time period 2003–2017. Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality Data were used identify infanticides in United States based on ICD-10 codes. Joinpoint regression analysis was calculate rates of infanticide, neonaticide, period. Logistic examine association between socio-demog...

Background Epidemiological trends of esophageal cancer attributable to smoking remain unclear. This study aimed estimate the spatiotemporal burden assist in global prevention and cessation. Methods Data on were obtained from Global Burden Disease Study 2019. The number age-standardized rates mortality (ASMR) disability-adjusted life years (ASDR) analyzed by age, sex, location. Joinpoint regress...