News tagged with mortality statistics

Sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef in decline

Sharks inhabiting Australia's Great Barrier Reef are in decline due to over fishing, researchers warned, after developing what they said was a new way to measure falling numbers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insulation from public pressure leads to more accurate suicide reporting by death investigators

Medical examiners and appointed coroners are less likely to underreport suicides than are elected coroners, that's according to a new study from Temple University.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inequalities in mortality in Britain today greater than those during 1930s economic depression

The level of inequalities in premature mortality between different areas of Britain has almost surpassed those seen shortly before the economic crash of 1929 and the economic depression of the 1930s, according to a new study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatals

(AP) -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study shows that HIV antiretroviral treatment should start earlier

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of more than 45,000 people with HIV in Europe and North America suggests that the minimum CD4-cell count threshold for initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0