Sentences with phrase «compared with a mortality»

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Furthermore, individuals who had not married by midlife were not at higher mortality risk compared with consistently married individuals.»

Study results provide evidence that mortality outcomes in planned home birth are not significantly different compared to planned hospital birth, among 693,592 women with singleton births in the Netherlands.

The World Health Organization and Unicef estimated the average maternal mortality ratios for 1990 as 27 per 100 000 live births in the more developed countries compared with 480 per 100 000 live births in less developed countries, with ratios as high as 1000 per 100 000 live births for eastern and western Africa.4 The WHO has estimated that almost 15 % of all women develop complications serious enough to require rapid and skilled intervention if they are to survive without lifelong disabilities.5 This means that women need access not only to trained midwives but also to medical services if complications arise.

There was no difference overall between birth settings in the incidence of the primary outcome (composite of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities), but there was a significant excess of the primary outcome in births planned at home compared with those planned in obstetric units in the restricted group of women without complicating conditions at the start of care in labour.

When the author compared 3385 planned home births with 806 402 low risk hospital births, he consistently found a non-significantly lower perinatal mortality in the home birth group.

We estimated the variability of differences in the population prevalence of maternal cancers, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, MI, and premature mortality when women breastfed at current compared with optimal rates and the proportion of current disease burden that this change would reflect.

«Acceptance of the KMC method is increasingly widespread and it is considered equivalent to conventional neonatal care for stable preterm infants and more parent and baby friendly... It is evident that KMC has a substantial mortality effect compared with conventional neonatal care, and it is also evident that this mortality benefit is possible even at large scale....

The excess total neonatal mortality for mid-wife home births compared with mid-wife hospital births was 9.32 per 10,000 births, and the excess early neonatal mortality was 7.89 per 10,000 births.

Evidence suggests that initiation of breastfeeding in the first day of life is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of neonatal mortality when compared with delaying breastfeeding for more than 24 hours after birth.

We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases for randomised controlled trials of maintenance tocolysis therapy with nifedipine in preterm labour.We selected trials including pregnant women between 24 and 36 (6/7) weeks of gestation (gestational age, GA) with imminent preterm labour who had not delivered after 48hours of initial tocolysis, and compared maintenance nifedipine tocolysis with placebo / no treatment.The primary outcome was perinatal mortality.

According to the CDC, a Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) have an infant mortality rate of about 3.5 / 1,000 births in a hospital when compared to a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and Other Midwife outside of a hosptial with a rate of 1.5 / 1,000!

A study of infants in England indicated that supine sleeping is not associated with an increase in significant morbidity outcomes, and the risk of respiratory problems was reduced compared with that of prone sleepers.17 In Asian countries, aspiration is not a problem despite the traditional practice of placing newborns to sleep in the supine position.18 The review by Malloy19 of US vital statistics mortality files for the years 1991 to 1996 showed no significant increase in the proportion of postneonatal mortality rate associated with aspiration, asphyxia, or respiratory failure.

A six - year study done by the Texas Department of Health for the years 1983 - 1989 revealed that the infant mortality rate for non-nurse midwives attending homebirths was 1.9 per 1,000 compared with the doctors» rate of 5.7 per 1,000.

To our knowledge, this is the only study in the Netherlands to show a higher risk of delivery related perinatal mortality among women with the intention to deliver in primary care compared with women delivered in secondary care.

Comparing intended home and hospital births in a cohort of 529688 low risk pregnancies in primary care in the Netherlands, de Jonge et al recently found low rates of perinatal mortality (intrapartum and neonatal death before 7 days) and admission to the NICU.11 They concluded that an intended home birth does not increase risks compared with an intended hospital birth in this population.

Between 1984 and 2004, ASSB infant mortality rates more than quadrupled, from 2.8 to 12.5 deaths per 100 000 live births, 15 which represents 513 infant deaths attributed to ASSB in 2004 compared with 103 in 1984.

When monthly mortality data for 2010/11 were compared with the five - year average of deaths occurring between 2005/06 and 2009/10 in the relevant months (Figure 2), the number of deaths were about the same as, or lower than, average in every month apart from December 2010.

Maternal mortality is increasingly high, Nigeria has one of the poorest maternal and child health indices in the world with maternal 800-3000 deaths per 100,000 live births, life time risk of dying from pregnancy related complications of 1:8 compared to 1:10 in developing countries (Nigeria Demographic Health Survey 2004).

Specifically, the corrected mortality rate in black women was 10.1 per 100,000 women, compared with 5.7 per 100,000 uncorrected.

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture are at substantially higher risk of mortality and medical complications compared with patients undergoing an elective total hip replacement (THR).

When we compare the rates for 2014, when there are more elderly people now than there were in 1988, we have avoided a major rise in mortality rates, with over 250,000 deaths avoided this year,» said Prof La Vecchia.

Thirty - day mortality was significantly higher in patients who received general anesthesia, 0.18 %, compared with those who received neuraxial, 0.10 %, or neuraxial - general, 0.10 %.

Although the actual absolute numbers have increased when compared with 2009 (the year for which there are World Health Organization mortality data for most EU countries) due to the growing numbers of elderly people, the rate (age - standardised per 100,000 of the population) of people who die from the disease has declined from 148.3 male and 89.1 female deaths per 100,000 in 2009 to 138.1 deaths and 84.7 per 100,000 predicted for 2014.

Using readily - available registry data, we were able to examine a large population and compare treated versus untreated subclinical hypothyroidism patients with respect to all - cause mortality.»

Compared with other leading causes of death, research into gun violence is among the least funded, an analysis of U.S. mortality data and federal funding from 2004 to 2015 reveals.

Ahuja's study confirmed that for colon surgery, when compared to open surgery, laparoscopic surgery is associated with a lower mortality rate, a lower complication rate, shorter hospital stays and lower costs.

Boersma and Rebstock looked at the cause of every recorded chick mortality in an Argentinian colony of Magellanic penguins, over a nearly 30 - year period, and compared these with changes in temperature and precipitation over the same time.

Yet research has shown that mortality is higher for ED - NOS, at 5.2 percent, compared with 4 percent for anorexia and 3.9 percent for bulimia.

Those with the most severe acute malnutrition have more than ten times increased mortality, and those surviving may have impaired development, compared to children without malnutrition.

Previous studies have shown that low - sodium, compared to average sodium intake, is related to increased cardiovascular risk and mortality, even though low sodium intake is associated with lower blood pressure.

Previous studies have shown that cardiovascular disease is more prevalent in RA patients compared with the general population, and contributes to greater mortality in this patient group.

When compared with the same number of calories from carbohydrate, every 5 % increase in saturated fat intake was associated with an 8 % higher risk of overall mortality.

In a large study population followed for more than three decades, researchers found that higher consumption of saturated and trans fats was linked with higher mortality compared with the same number of calories from carbohydrates.

Specifically, compared to fewer than three servings of fruit per week, more than 3 per day was associated with an 18 % reduced risk in non-CV mortality (HR: 0 · 82: 95 % CI 0 · 70 to 0 · 97; P - trend = 0 · 0008), and 19 % reduction in total mortality (HR: 0 · 81; 95 % CI 0 · 72 to 0 · 93; P - trend < 0 · 0001).

Even compared with the casualties of the Black Death, the mortality rate was extraordinarily high.

The Texas team says it was difficult to compare the health of their animals with the health of Hayes's because he didn't report hatching success, mortality, survivorship, and other data.

A new study appearing in the February 4th issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) found significant benefit from surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis — debilitating spinal conditions causing leg and back pain, numbness and weakness — and no higher overall complication rate and no higher mortality for patients age 80 and older when compared to patients younger than age 80.

For all - cause mortality, sauna bathing 2 to 3 times per week was associated with a 24 percent lower risk and 4 to 7 times per week with a 40 percent reduction in risk compared to only one sauna session per week.

In particular, child mortality was shown to be lower when the measles vaccine came after the third diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) vaccination, as recommend by the WHO, compared to before DTP or given together with DTP.

A study by Gkrania - Klotsas et al. showed that individuals with signs of CMV have higher all - cause mortality compared to uninfected individuals.

The USPSTF also found inadequate evidence on the effectiveness of targeted screening in persons who are at increased risk for celiac disease (e.g., persons with family history or other risk factors), or on the effectiveness of treatment of screen - detected, asymptomatic celiac disease to improve morbidity, mortality, or quality of life compared with no treatment or treatment initiated after clinical diagnosis.

The researchers compared patients who received antidepressant medication at discharge with those who did not with regard to baseline characteristics and one - year outcomes including mortality, a subsequent heart attack, and stroke.

Frits R. Rosendaal, M.D., Ph.D., of Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and coauthors determined long - term mortality and morbidity in young women who survived myocardial infarction (heart attack) or ischemic stroke compared with a control group.

There were no significant differences between male and female fetuses born at comparable gestational ages regarding neonatal mortality; however, males were at significantly increased risk of composite neonatal morbidity compared to females from 29 weeks onward with a peak at 37 - 38 weeks.

Patients with AF have three to five times the risk of stroke and double the risk of mortality compared to those without AF.

Kalkstein compared mortality during short but intense heat waves in hot summers with those in summers that were cooler overall.

Although CRC affects all racial and ethnic groups, African Americans carry an excessive burden of disease with the highest overall incidence, highest incidence of advanced stage at presentation, highest mortality, and lowest survival rates compared to any other ethnic or racial group.

Islam and colleagues found that among patients with localized lung cancer, those with one comorbidity had a 30 percent higher risk of mortality compared with those who had no comorbidity.

Neuropathologist Suzanne de la Monte, who led the research, compared disease - related mortality rates with nitrite fertilizer use, fast - food sales, and meat sales in the United States during the past 40 years.

«In our large population - based study of more than 6,000 adults with CAP and almost 30,000 matched controls, we found that CAP patients have high rates of long - term morbidity and mortality compared to those who have never had CAP, irrespective of their age.»