OBJECTIVE To describe the trends in hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 1998 and 2009 in Brazil. METHODS The ecological time series study used secondary data on hospitalizations for ACSC in the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, National Unified Health System). Data were obtained from the Hospital Information System. Hospital admission rates per 10,000 inhabitants were...

Older women who routinely drink alcohol may experience health benefits, but they are also at risk for adverse effects. Despite the importance of their drinking patterns, few studies have analyzed longitudinal data on changes in drinking among community-based samples of women ages 50 and older. Reported here are findings from a semi-parametric group-based model that used data from 4,439 randomly...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although the incidence of and mortality from myocardial infarction (MI) have declined in most industrialized countries, incidence studies of stroke have shown less consistent trends. This study examines time trends in the incidence of stroke and case fatality rates in relation to socioeconomic circumstances and history of MI. METHODS Stroke incidence in the city of Malm...

OBJECTIVES Unsafe abortion is a public health concern because of its impact on maternal morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to document on induced abortion in Yaounde, Cameroon. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Six antenatal clinics in Yaounde, Cameroon. METHODS Women attending antenatal clinics between October and December 1998 were included in the study and int...

In Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, the use of mobile phones increased sharply in the mid-1990s; thus, time trends in brain tumor incidence after 1998 may provide information about possible tumor risks associated with mobile phone use. We investigated time trends in the incidence of glioma and meningioma in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden from 1974 to 2003, using data from national ca...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of pregnancy on pulmonary function and survival in women with cystic fibrosis (CF) and to assess the fetal outcome. DESIGN Cohort study. The data analyzed were collected from the Toronto CF database, chart review, and patient questionnaire. SETTING Tertiary-care center. PATIENTS All women with CF who, at the time of diagnosis or pregnancy, attended the Toron...

OBJECTIVE To investigate long-term trends in dietary intakes of vitamins A, C and E in Japanese adults. DESIGN Time series by community-based nutrition survey. SETTING Two rural communities (Ikawa and Kyowa) between 1974 and 2001 in Japan. SUBJECTS A total of 3713 men and 3726 women aged 40-69 years. METHODS Dietary intake data were collected by the 24 h dietary recall. RESULTS In Ika...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the rate and method of attempted suicides in a catchment area in Turkey as part of the WHO-EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. METHOD All hospitals in the catchment area were screened to identify suicide attempts for 4 years between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001. RESULTS In the 4-year period, 737 individuals attempted suicide (514 women and 223 me...

Introduction Do women approach the study of computer science differently from men? And does that difference work against their involvement in the field as it currently exists? Although substantially more women than men attend college, only 15-20% of undergraduate computer science majors at leading U.S. departments [Kozen & Zweben, 1998] and only 17% of high school computer science Advanced Plac...

We studied the prevalence and trend of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged at least 20 years using Korean National Health Examination and Nutrition Survey data from 1998 and 2001. The prevalence of body mass index (BMI) > or = 25 kg m(-2) among Korean adults in 2001 was 32.9% in men and 27.4% in women, and the number of Korean men with BMI > or = 25 kg m(-2) has increased marke...