Archive for 'Epidemiology' Category
Teen Health Statistics
By medliorator - Last updated: Thursday, September 11, 2008
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) presents selected health measures for children under 18 years of age… The interviewed sample for 2006 consisted of 29,204 households, which yielded 75,7116 people in 29,868 families. Within these families, data was collected on 8,837 children under the age of 18. 14% have been diagnosed with asthma (boys, black children, [...]
Assessing Death Risks
By medliorator - Last updated: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
the effect of smoking on mortality risk is like adding 5 to 10 years of age. After publication of the first set of charts, we received many messages from patients, providers, and colleagues suggesting that the charts may be especially useful in smoking prevention and cessation efforts. The Risk of Death by Age, Sex, and [...]