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Mortality Profiles
The Mediterranean is currently characterised by rather low mortality. Indeed, life expectancy at birth exceeds the global average in almost all...
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Peritonitis-Related Mortality
Peritonitis is a serious complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis inflicting significant morbidity and mortality....
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Maternal Mortality in Brazil
This study analyzes maternal mortality in Brazil from 2000 to 2017 to evidence that maternal deaths express a set of historical social inequalities...
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Modeling Shifting Mortality, and Its Applications
This book describes a novel method for mortality modeling applying the shifting feature of the mortality curve. In Japan, the increase and pace of...
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Clustering COVID-19 Mortality Time Series
The undisputed assumption during the COVID-19 pandemic, was that the isolated pathogen SARS-COV-2 was spreading worldwide with the same mortal...
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Mortality Estimates Among Arab Americans
All-cause and cause-specific mortality estimates are calculated to describe the health of populations. Arab Americans are identified as non-Hispanic...
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Mortality Forecasting Using Data Augmentation
Recent mortality forecasting studies using artificial neural networks (ANNs) have shown improved forecasting performance compared with previous...
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Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
Despite tremendous advances in maternity care, mothers still die during childbirth and the peripartum period with shocking frequency. Maternal...
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Infant Mortality
Infant mortality rates (IMR) represent an important evolutionary selective pressure. Given that one must survive infancy (defined here as the first...
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Climatology of Cold Mortality in Japan
In Japan, the number of deaths from “exposure to excessive natural cold” reaches around 1,000 per year. Most of them are elderly people. In this...
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Sedentary Behaviour and Mortality
Throughout the past century, non-communicable diseases have formed the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 71% of all deaths globally in...
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Mortality Trends and Projection Models in Japan
This chapter provide an overview of the mortality trends and projection models for Japan. First, we describe the mortality trends in Japan. We then...
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Topic Detection in COVID-19 Mortality Time Series
The mortality of COVID-19 has been analyzed from a predictive point of view, building models that failed to predict the medium and long term...
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Female Under-Five Mortality in India
The chapter provides an update on sex differentials in under-five mortality in India, focusing on geographical variation using data from the National...
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Mortality in Acromegaly
Acromegaly is a rare, chronic disorder in which the diagnosis is often delayed well into the course of the disease. It is associated with excess...
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Fire-Related Mortality from a Global Perspective
Fire-related injury mortality is a major global public health concern. Although fire-related injuries are considered largely preventable, this...