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Plano regional para redução da mortalidade por acidentes de transporte terrestre na v regional de saúde de Pernambuco

Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde o número de pessoas que morrem a cada ano vítimas de Acidentes de Transporte Terrestre (ATT) é estimado em cerca de 1,2 milhões no mundo. Foram registrados no Brasil no ano de 2013 mais de 42.000 mortes no trâsito e em 2016 mais de 1.000 ATT apenas no municÃ...

Risco espacial e espaço-temporal da mortalidade por tuberculose e as características socioambientais em Manaus - Amazonas (2006 -2014)

Objetivo: Avaliar o Risco Espacial (RE) e Espaço-Temporal (RET) dos óbitos por TB, realizar um diagnóstico situacional de áreas em risco quanto às características socioeconômicas e sanitárias em Manaus/AM. Métodos: Foi conduzido um estudo ecológico dos casos de óbitos por TB (causa básica), r...

La angiotomografía coronaria no fue superior a los estudios funcionales en pacientes con enfermedad coronaria crónica estable
Angiotomography was not superior to functional studies in patients with stable coronary heart disease

Maternal education and age: inequalities in neonatal death

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Evaluate the interaction between maternal age and education level in neonatal mortality, as well as investigate the temporal evolution of neonatal mortality in each stratum formed by the combination of these two risk factors. METHODS A nonconcurrent cohort study, resulting from a p...

Los patrones dietéticos vegetarianos y el riesgo de cáncer colorrectal
Vegetarian dietary patterns and risk of colorectal cancer

Independientemente de la cantidad, el alcohol no reduce la mortalidad
Irrespectively of the amount, alcohol consumption does not reduce mortality

Factores pronósticos de la infección respiratoria aguda baja grave en menores de 5 años en Colombia

Resumen Introducción: La infección respiratoria aguda baja (IRAB) es uno de los principales problemas de salud pública en menores de 5 años en países en desarrollo. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir la incidencia, mortalidad y factores pronósticos en pacientes menores de 5 años con diagn...

Sociodemographic and health factors associated with mortality in community-dwelling elderly

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with mortality, with emphasis on gender and age differences. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study, which uses data from the FIBRA-2008-2009 network in Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil, with information on non-ins...

Burden of cancer mortality and differences attributable to demographic aging and risk factors in Argentina, 1986-2011

Abstract: The world faces an aging population that implies a large number of people affected with chronic diseases. Argentina has reached an advanced stage of demographic transition and presents a comparatively high rate of cancer mortality within Latin America. The objectives of this study were to exami...

Predictive determinants of scorpion stings in a tropical zone of south Iran: use of mixed seasonal autoregressive moving average model

Background: More than 1.2 million scorpion stings occur annually worldwide, particularly in tropical regions. In the absence of proper medical care, mortality due to venomous scorpion stings is an important public health issue. The aim of the present study is to explore the temporal trend of scorpionism ...