scholarly journals Deaths: Leading Causes for 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melonie Heron
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hispanic Origin

This report presents final 2019 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, race and Hispanic origin, and sex.

scholarly journals Deaths: Leading Causes for 2018

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melonie Heron ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hispanic Origin

This report presents final 2018 data on the 10 leading causes of death in the United States by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, along with leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death.

Narrowing the mindware gap in medicine

Diagnosis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Croskerry
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Medical Error ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
High Degree

Abstract Medical error is now recognized as one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Of the medical errors, diagnostic failure appears to be the dominant contributor, failing in a significant number of cases, and associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. One of the significant contributors to diagnostic failure is the cognitive performance of the provider, how they think and decide about the process of diagnosis. This thinking deficit in clinical reasoning, referred to as a mindware gap, deserves the attention of medical educators. A variety of specific approaches are outlined here that have the potential to close the gap.

The Value of Postponing Pregnancy: California’s Paid Family Leave and the Timing of Pregnancies

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1467-1499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Hispanic Origin ◽  
Monetary Benefit ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Lower Education ◽  
Paid Parental Leave ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Conditioning a monetary benefit on individuals’ family status can create distortions, even in individuals’ seemingly personal decisions, such as the birth of a child. Birth timing and its response to various policies has been studied by economists in several papers. However, pregnancy timing – i.e. the timing of conception – and its response to policy announcements has not been examined. This paper makes use of a 21-month lag between announcing California’s introduction of the first paid parental leave program in the United States and its scheduled implementation to evaluate whether women timed their pregnancies in order to be eligible for the expected benefit. Using natality data, documenting all births in the United States, a difference-in-differences approach compares California births to births in states outside of California before the program’s introduction and in 2004, the year California introduced paid parental leave. The results show that the distribution of California births in 2004 significantly shifted from the first half of the year to the second half of the year, immediately after the program’s implementation. While the effect is present for all population segments of new mothers, it is largest for disadvantaged mothers – with lower education levels, of Hispanic origin, younger, and not married. These results shed light on the population segments most affected by the introduction of paid parental leave and on the equitable nature of paid parental leave policies.

Primary cerebral lymphoma' characteristics, incidence, survival, and causes of death in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 415 ◽  
pp. 116890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherief Ghozy ◽  
Mahmoud Dibas ◽  
Ahmed M. Afifi ◽  
Mahmoud A. Hashim ◽  
Alzhraa Salah Abbas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cerebral Lymphoma ◽  
Primary Cerebral Lymphoma

Actual causes of death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 270 (18) ◽  
pp. 2207-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. McGinnis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States

Actual causes of death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 271 (9) ◽  
pp. 659b-659
Author(s):  
T. J. Tyson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Age, Sex, and Race Selection at Death from Leukemia and the Lymphomas

Blood ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 693-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER G. GILLIAM
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Large City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cooperative Study ◽  
State Data ◽  
Hospital Experience ◽  
Death Data

Abstract Attention has been called to the distinction between "age incidence", which is a measure of risk, and "age distribution" which is not such a measure except under certain unusual circumstances which probably do not exist for any hospital experience in the United States. Examples to illustrate this distinction were drawn from death data for deaths attributed to leukemia and the lymphomas in the United States in 1949. The sex and race selection have been recorded for the types of leukemia and lymphoma separable in the sixth revision of The International List of Causes of Death. The age selection at death attributed to the numerically important of these causes has also been presented. To determine the age, sex, and race selection (incidence) of these diseases, with full confidence in adequacy of their classification, will require a cooperative study designed to apply uniform diagnostic technics to all cases occurring in some definable population such as a large city or a state. Data derived from individual hospitals or from literature summations are generally inadequate for this purpose.

scholarly journals Male Mortality Trends in the United States, 1900-2010: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-160
Author(s):  
Wanda K. Jones ◽  
Robert A. Hahn ◽  
R. Gibson Parrish ◽  
Steven M. Teutsch ◽  
Man-Huei Chang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Female Mortality ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Male Mortality ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
White Males

Objectives: Male mortality fell substantially during the past century, and major causes of death changed. Building on our recent analysis of female mortality trends in the United States, we examined all-cause and cause-specific mortality trends at each decade from 1900 to 2010 among US males. Methods: We conducted a descriptive study of age-adjusted death rates (AADRs) for 11 categories of disease and injury stratified by race (white, nonwhite, and, when available, black), the excess of male mortality over female mortality ([male AADR − female AADR]/female AADR), and potential causes of persistent excess of male mortality. We used national mortality data for each decade. Results: From 1900 to 2010, the all-cause AADR declined 66.4% among white males and 74.5% among nonwhite males. Five major causes of death in 1900 were pneumonia and influenza, heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis, and unintentional nonmotor vehicle injuries; in 2010, infectious conditions were replaced by cancers and chronic lower respiratory diseases. The all-cause excess of male mortality rose from 9.1% in 1900 to 65.5% in 1980 among white males and a peak of 63.7% in 1990 among nonwhite males, subsequently falling among all groups. Conclusion: During the last century, AADRs among males declined more slowly than among females. Although the gap diminished in recent decades, exploration of social and behavioral factors may inform interventions that could further reduce death rates among males.

Leading Causes of Death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 295 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Tierney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States
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