Sentences with phrase «high mortality rate among»

[7] Governments in Europe started to worry about the decline of the workforce because of the high mortality rates among newborns.

«For example, the majority of excess infant mortality was due to higher mortality rates among non-Hispanic white infants in Kentucky and Oklahoma,» explains Dr. Hirai.

When it comes to the health of a pregnant mother or her child, the U.S. has the highest mortality rate among all developed nations.

Not exact matches

(In my personal experience, I would guess that mortality is comparable, but morbidity and transfer rate is much higher among the UC crowd.)

One thing that indicates the skill of American obstetricians is the fact that — despite maternal and infant mortality rates that are high among developed countries — the American neonatal mortality rate is so good.

The high infant mortality rate among black infants is mostly to their being disproportionately born too small, too sick or too soon.

Among the new communication efforts are peer group counseling programs in which successful breastfeeding mothers are enlisted to help others in areas where high infant - mortality rates might be reduced by nutrition from breastfeeding.

Yet, the U.S. has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding among industrialized countries and one of the highest rates of infant mortality.

After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, formula donations sent to affected areas resulted in immediate decreased rates of breastfeeding and higher rates of diarrhoea and mortality among young children.

The authors found higher rates of mortality among infants never breastfed compared to those exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life and receiving continued breastfeeding beyond.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

The top five reasons a Black Breastfeeding Week is needed are: 1) The high black infant mortality rate; 2) High rates of diet - related diseases; 3) Lack of diversity in lactation field; 4) Unique cultural barriers among black women; and, 5) Desert - like conditions in our communithigh black infant mortality rate; 2) High rates of diet - related diseases; 3) Lack of diversity in lactation field; 4) Unique cultural barriers among black women; and, 5) Desert - like conditions in our communitHigh rates of diet - related diseases; 3) Lack of diversity in lactation field; 4) Unique cultural barriers among black women; and, 5) Desert - like conditions in our communities.

I find it ironic that mainstream medical professionals would spend so much time critiquing and vilifying home birth when the VAST MAJORITY OF BIRTHS IN AMERICA HAPPEN IN AMERICAN HOSPITALS and when AMERICA HAS AMONG THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD.

This represents a higher annual mortality rate (predominantly among older people) than that for all road traffic accidents in Great Britain.

Mortality rates among adults 18 - 64 have increased every year of Obamacare except 2012 and are now higher than at any time during the 2002 - 2010 period.

Since then, he's signed an executive order to allow parolees to vote, pushed a study about marijuana legalization, announced initiatives to address the high maternity - mortality rate among black women and, after years of criticism, forced an end to a split among state Senate Democrats that kept Republicans in control of the chamber.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing a disturbingly high rate of maternal mortality among black women.

As a result, the mortality rates among mosquitoes were high.»

In the US, teenage pregnancies are soaring and the mortality rate among babies born to young girls is higher in some cities than in parts of the developing world.

Further analyses show that graft failure and mortality rates remained higher among minority groups compared to white children after accounting for differences in demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic factors.

However, among general surgery and medical service patients those receiving high - ratio transfusions had a higher mortality rate than those receiving low - ratio transfusions, while the opposite was found among vascular surgery patients.

Medical intervention alone will not rectify Nepal's appalling perinatal mortality rates, which are among the highest in the world.

Now, on Nov. 5, a news story likened those findings to the results of a large trial by the National Cancer Institute, which showed that CT scans reduced mortality rates among the highest - risk lung cancer patients by 20 percent.

The U.S. also has the third - worst mortality rate from nutritional deficiencies, and the highest absolute age - adjusted mortality rate among all developed nations!

It looks that way, but in fact the percentage of people who died in the MR group was no higher than the mortality rate among the residents who did not take part in the experiment [RP], as the figure below shows.

Women respond more slowly Women are more likely than men to delay seeking treatment at the first signs of a heart attack, a behavior pattern that has puzzled cardiologists and contributes to the higher mortality rate from heart attack among women.

Medical doctors like everyone else are eating pizza and soda on their lunch break, doctors have among the highest mortality rates of any...

Acute diarrhea is associated with high rates of mortality among children in developing countries [60].

Among various food items, cow's milk and cheese had the highest correlation with incidence and mortality rate of these cancers» Children are at high risk «Among the exposure of humans, especially prepubertal children, to exogenous estrogens, we are particularly concerned with» These xenoestrogens from lactating preganant cattle (the majority of commercial cattle used for milk) significantly raised estrogen levels in male adults and reduced testosterone levels and did even more so in children.

Which is really too bad because we have an urgent problem in America: our maternal mortality rate is among THE HIGHEST in the industrialized world (depending on the index you look at), our infant mortality rates are unacceptable, the inequalities in the way women of color and poor women are treated is literally a human right crisis, our new moms suffer from postpartum depression mores than so many other countries, and in many ways we have taken the joy and awe out of childbirth and infancy.

Norway has among the highest breastfeeding rates of any industrialized country, generous paid parental leave (for fathers as well as mothers), and very low infant and maternal mortality rates.

• While the complex biological relationships among fisheries and other aquatic biota and physiological responses to environmental change are not well understood, positive effects such as longer growing seasons, lower natural winter mortality, and faster growth rates in higher latitudes may be offset by negative factors such as a changing climate that alters established reproductive patterns, migration routes, and ecosystem relationships (High Confidence).

Just because Indiana ranks low in mortality among all the 50 states does not mean your rates will be higher.

Stories from Aboriginal people who have had cancer are at the heart of two programs being rolled out across Australia to help combat high cancer mortality rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Coming with step - by - step instructions (see the Our Lungs Our Mob resource), they aim to provide culturally relevant and appropriate tools and resources to combat lower screening and later diagnosis rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that have been limiting their options for treatment and contributing to higher mortality rates.

As a consequence, late diagnosis of cancer is far more common among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander than other Australians, with this leading to poor cancer outcomes, including higher rates of mortality.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partamong non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partamong girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partAmong the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

Marie McInerney writes: Stories from Aboriginal people who have had cancer are at the heart of two programs being rolled out across Australia to help combat high cancer mortality rates among... Read more

Disease rates are higher among some population groups, such as African - Americans.3 These higher disease rates have been attributed to other risk factors such as poverty and overcrowding, while higher mortality rates have been linked to limited access to health care services.3, 4 Living conditions, such as overcrowding, can result in a higher exposure to potential carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.4

In the United Kingdom, IMD incidence and mortality are socially patterned, with IMD incidence in the most deprived quintile being twice that of the most affluent quintile.10 In New Zealand, significantly higher rates of IMD have been reported in Maori (relative risk = 2.2) and Pacific Islander people (relative risk = 3.8) when compared with the European population.11 Aboriginal people are the most disadvantaged group in Australia.12 Two important risk factors associated with increased risk of IMD are more common among Aboriginal people, namely having a smoker among close contacts, including maternal smoking, and sharing a bedroom.13 — 15 It is not possible to explore the causal interaction of these factors from notifiable disease data.

Aboriginal Australians experience multiple social and health disadvantages from the prenatal period onwards.1 Infant2 and child3 mortality rates are higher among Aboriginal children, as are well - established influences on poor health, cognitive and education outcomes, 4 — 6 including premature birth and low birth weight, 7 — 9 being born to teenage mothers7 and socioeconomic disadvantage.1, 8 Addressing Aboriginal early life disadvantage is of particular importance because of the high birth rate among Aboriginal people10 and subsequent young age structure of the Aboriginal population.11 Recent population estimates suggest that children under 10 years of age account for almost a quarter of the Aboriginal population compared with only 12 % of the non-Aboriginal population of Australia.11

Infant mortality was also highest among black infants, with a rate of 8.7 deaths per every 1,000 live births.

While Australia's overall low maternal death rate has fallen, the mortality rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is still unacceptably high.