conclusions overall, cancer incidence rates had increased in both sexes. many factors were responsible, such as changes in lifestyle, environmental factors, increased life expectancy, improvements in the registration systems, and declining mortality rates due to early detection and treatment. the results of this study provided useful information for the prediction of changes in the incidence an...

background: tehran is the capital of iran with an increasing multiple sclerosis (ms) incidence. a retrospective population-based study was conducted to evaluate the status of ms prevalence and ms incidence trends in tehran province, iran. methods: a population-based study was conducted from 1991 to 2014 in tehran province, the capital city of iran based on iranian ms society (imss) registry sys...

results overall suicide mortality has increased from 10.6 per 100,000 in 2003 to 12.4 in 2014, which equals to 1.5 % (+0.1 - + 2.8) annual percentage change (apc). increase in suicide rate for women was remarkably higher than men (apc = 4.5 for women and 0.5 for men (p value < 0.001)). majority of increase belonged to age group 20 - 29 in women and 30-39 in men. old men have an increasing trend...

According to the American Cancer Society report (1999), cancer surpasses heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States of America (USA) for people of age less than 85. Thus, medical research in cancer is an important public health interest. Understanding how medical improvements are affecting cancer incidence, mortality and survival is critical for effective cancer control. I...

Erratum In the original running head of this article, we incorrectly spelled author Netra Khanal's surname. We regret this error, and have corrected the article. The Bayesian approach of joinpoint regression is widely used to analyze trends in cancer mortality, incidence and survival data. The Bayesian joinpoint regression model was used to study the childhood brain cancer mortality rate and it...