In our original article, we showed graphically that deaths/100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States have been steadily decreasing since 1925. We also showed motor vehicle related death rates/100 000 population decreased from 1966 to 1999. This decrease in deaths/100 000 population illustrated the impressive declines that resulted from aggressive traYc safety and public heal...

OBJECTIVE To establish characteristics and the trend of mortality from thyroid cancer in Colombia. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a study of mortality from thyroid cancer in Colombia using official national mortality databases (1998-2010). Year of death, sex, age and department of residence were analyzed. Proportions, arithmetic mean and median were used. The p-value for statistical significanc...

Aerosols are harmful to human health and have both direct and indirect effects on climate. China is a major contributor to global emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), a sulfate (SO4 2 ) precursor, organic carbon (OC), and black carbon (BC) aerosols. Although increasingly examined, the effect of present and potential future levels of these emissions on global premature mortality and climate change...

BACKGROUND Current cancer mortality statistics are important for public health decision-making and resource allocation. Age-standardized rates and numbers of deaths are predicted for 2016 in the European Union (EU). PATIENTS AND METHODS Population and death certification data for stomach, colorectum, pancreas, lung, breast, uterus, prostate, leukaemias and total cancers were obtained from the...

OBJECTIVE Pharmaceutical treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) reduces the risk of progression to active tuberculosis (TB); however, poor adherence tempers the protective effect. We aimed to estimate the health burden of non-adherence, the maximum allowable cost of hypothetical new adherence interventions to be cost-effective and the potential value of existing adherence interventio...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the causes of death in children in India after age five years. The objective of this study is to provide the first ever direct national and sub-national estimates of infectious disease mortality in Indian children aged 5 to 14 years. METHODS A verbal autopsy based assessment of 3 855 deaths is children aged 5 to 14 years from a nationally representative survey...

According to the recent reports of World Health Organization (WHO), 20 000 to 30 000 deaths occur annually due to Leishmaniasis and 200 000 to 400 000 new cases occur worldwide each year. India stands with maximum number of visceral leishmanial cases (20102013) and Bihar state alone reports more than 70% of the total reported cases in India. Efforts are being made by the Government of India in ...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus vaccine is recommended for routine use in all countries globally. To facilitate decision making on rotavirus vaccine adoption by countries, help donors prioritize investments in health interventions, and monitor vaccine impact, we estimated rotavirus mortality for children <5 years of age from 2000 to 2013. METHODS We searched PubMed using the keyword "rotavirus" to ident...

BACKGROUND Trauma is one of the leading causes of death in the Mthatha area, which is one of the least developed regions of South Africa. Road traffic accidents (RTAs) contribute substantially to the number of such deaths. OBJECTIVE To estimate the number of fatal RTAs in the Mthatha area, and analyse age and sex of the deceased. METHODS A review of autopsies performed in the Mthatha Genera...

In the year 2000, 529 000 maternal deaths were recorded throughout the world. Of these, 95% occurred in Africa and Asia, 4% in Latin America and the Caribbean, and less than 1% in the developed countries. The global maternal mortality rate is 400 per 100 000 live births, while it is 830/100 000 in Africa, followed by 330/100 000 in Asia (excluding Japan). Worldwide, 13 developing countries acco...