Mortality

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State Political Cultures and the Mortality of African Americans and American Indians — May 1, 2010

The differing relationship of African American and American Indian populations with the federal and state governments has shaped their mortality rates in significantly different ways.

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The Role of Pregnancy Outcomes in the Maternal Mortality Rates of Two Areas in Matlab, Bangladesh — Jan 1, 2010

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How Perceptions of Mortality and HIV Morbidity Relate to Substance Abuse Problems and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Former Juvenile Offenders — Jan 1, 2010

Youth who think they are likely to get HIV are at greater risk for later substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors, but this perception doesn't cause them to reduce their substance use and change their behavior.

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Adolescents' Perceived Risk of Dying — Jan 1, 2010

Although adolescents' expectations are accurate or moderately optimistic for many significant life events, they greatly overestimate their chances of dying soon. The authors examine whether adolescents' mortality judgments are correlated with their perceptions of direct threats to their survival. Contrary to the folk wisdom that adolescents have a unique sense of invulnerability, the individuals studied here reported an exaggerated sense of mortality, which was highest among those reporting greater threats in their lives.

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Marital Trajectories and Mortality Among US Adults — Sep 1, 2009

This study demonstrates that traditional measures oversimplify the relation between marital status and mortality and that sex differences are related to a nexus of marital experiences and associated health risks.

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pneumonia Treatment and Mortality — Jan 1, 2009

Examine within and between-hospital racial/ethnic disparities in quality indicators and mortality for patients hospitalized for pneumonia.

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Setting Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality from Childhood Diarrhoea By 2015 — Jan 1, 2009

Childhood diarrhoea still claims nearly 2 million lives each year and remains responsible for 18% of all child deaths. Regardless of this, research interest in this disease has been steadily decreasing after the development of cost-effective interventions in the 1980s.

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Which Factors Explain the Decline in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh? — Jan 1, 2009

The authors use data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System on nearly 94,000 singleton live births that occurred between 1987 and 2002 to investigate the extent to which the change in mortality over this period can be explained by changes in repr

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Seven-year Life Outcomes of Adolescent Offenders in Los Angeles — Jan 1, 2009

The authors examined important life outcomes for adolescent offenders to describe how they were faring in young adulthood.

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Does Medicare Save Lives? — Jan 1, 2009

Health insurance characteristics shift at age 65 as most people become eligible for Medicare. The authors measure the impacts of these changes on patients who are admitted to hospitals through emergency departments for conditions with similar admission rates on weekdays and weekends.

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Incorporating Mortality Risk Into Estimates of 5-Year Glaucoma Risk — Jan 1, 2009

Considers the effects of incorporating mortality risk, a potentially important factor to consider when deciding whether to initiate therapy for ocular hypertensives, into estimates of 5-year glaucoma risk.

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Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India — Jun 13, 2008

Evaluates factors including household preferences, resource constraints, and background factors such as risks and economic shocks in determining childhood investments in rural India.

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The Effects of Pregnancy Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: How They Vary By the Type of Pregnancy Outcome That Began the Interval — Jan 1, 2008

Assesses the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how effects vary over child subperiods and by the outcome that began the interval. Shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality.

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Hospital Competition, Managed Care, and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions in California — Apr 1, 2007

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California.

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Effect of Complications on Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: Evidence from New York State — Jan 1, 2007

The objective of this study is to quantify the increased odds of dying from complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

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Estimating the Potential Impact of Regionalizing Health Care Delivery Based on Volume Standards Versus Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rate — Jan 1, 2007

Whether basing regionalization on risk-adjusted mortality would lead to better population outcomes than basing regionalization on procedure volume.

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Effects of Interpregnancy Interval and Outcome of the Preceding Pregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh — Jan 1, 2007

To estimate the effects on pregnancy outcomes of the duration of the preceding IPI and type of pregnancy outcome that began the interval.

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• Children and Families Research Area

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Quality Indicators for the Care of Breast Cancer in Vulnerable Elders — Jan 1, 2007

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and the second highest cause of cancer mortality in the United States.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

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Mortality Risks, Health Endowments, and Parental Investments in Infancy: Evidence from Rural India — Jan 1, 2007

Whether increased background mortality risks induce households to make differential health investments in their high- versus low-endowment children.

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Historical and Life Course Timing of the Male Mortality Disadvantage in Europe: Epidemiologic Transitions, Evolution, and Behavior — May 1, 2006

This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their interrelationship with epidemiological transitions.

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• Population and Aging Research Area