Background: The underlying cause of death is used to study country and global mortality trends and profiles. The final cause of death could also inform the ultimately cause of death in individuals with underlying conditions. ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyze the evolution of perinatal mortality with regards the scale and extent of the problem. METHODS: A descriptive time trend study with 10,994 perinatal deaths to mothers living in Salvador, ...

Background: Even in low and middle income countries most deaths occur in older adults. In Europe, the effects of better education and home ownership upon mortality seem to persist into old age, but these effects may not ...

Background: Lower mortality among migrants than in the general population has been found in many, but not in all, previous studies. The mortality of migrants has not been studied in Finland, which has a relatively small ...

Background Child health has been a health policy priority for more than a century in Chile. Since 2000, new health and intersectoral interventions have been implemented. However, no recent analyses have explored child ...

Purpose: To assess the association between all-cause mortality and hs-CRP, based mainly on the cumulative burden approach. Methods: Cohort study with adults ≥35 years from general population, using hs-CRP at two timepoints: ...

Background: Evidence has shown that physical activity (PA) is associated with low mortality risk. However, data about reduced mortality due to PA are scarce in developing countries and the dose-response relationship between ...