Sentences with phrase «number of reported deaths»

For geographic remoteness, the increase in number of reported deaths was greatest in the major cities, with enhancement rates decreasing with increasing remoteness.

A smaller number of years of linked data could have been used, and would have resulted in a different number of reported deaths.

Previous work using linked death and hospital records found that an algorithm relying on the number of linked records and number of hospitals reporting a person as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander resulted in a higher number of reported deaths than an algorithm relying on a proportion of linked records and / or hospitals [8].

Thus, an extremely low misclassification rate in a large linked dataset can make a substantial difference to the number of reported deaths among indigenous peoples when an «at least one report» method of enhancement is used.

«As of today, records from our surveillance team show that the number of suspected cases is 93; number of laboratory confirmed cases is 25, and the number of reported deaths is 41, with a fatality rate of 44 percent,» he said.

After enhancement, apart from those less than one year of age, there was little increase in the numbers of reported deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, while increasing numbers of reported deaths were observed with increasing age.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

«Firearm - related deaths are the third leading cause of death overall among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years, surpassing the number of deaths from pediatric congenital anomalies, heart disease, influenza and / or pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory disease, and cerebrovascular causes,» wrote the CDC in its report.

As the death toll rose to more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases over the past six months, Dr. Chan stated that, «We are very cognizant of the fact that any number of cases and deaths that we are reporting is an underestimate.»

Many of the areas in the US where the Sinaloa cartel has the highest influence also saw the highest number of heroin - overdose deaths in 2013 DEA Intelligence Report: Mexican Transnational Criminal Influence

There were 16 additional pediatric deaths reported in the weekly report, bringing the total number of child flu deaths this year up to 53.

«These monthly reports are of little or no value because such animal losses, injuries or deaths are extremely limited in number,» it said in its letter to the Department of Transportation.

Santos and Howard used the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics System to compare the historical averages for September and October of the past seven years to the total number of September and October 2017 deaths recently reported by the Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety to see if there were notable differences.

The first death has been reported as the number of sick people grows by 23 to 121 and the number of states affected grows by three to 25.

Maybe it's the excitement of the sharp point - counterpoint debates of the commentators, or perhaps the flashing «breaking news» graphics that pop up with every little dip in Obama's poll numbers or every slip of the stock market, or perhaps it's the crawling news scroll that announces everything from Lindsey Lohan's most recent relapse to the report of another soldier's death in Iraq.

if you do nt like wiki, using Encyclopedia of Wars — 3 Volume of Set reports the same total number of death's from war..

Every night on the news they are reporting the number of reported cases and tragically the number of deaths.

Evidence of false mortality reports: Animals Australia has obtained documents providing evidence that false declarations were made about the number of deaths on board the ship.

The report, which I found to be quite balanced (though somewhat sensational), is based on a number of co-sleeping or bed sharing deaths in the city of Milwaukee and the city's message that there is no such thing as safe bed sharing.

Deaths may have been more fully ascertained than births, but home birth newsletters reported births for the non-participants with comparatively large caseloads, and the dataset shows no marked difference in the number of births per year.

So in sum, if you take EVERYONE who gives birth late preterm or beyond in the hospital, and compare them to voluntary reporting of a highly self - selected, generally healthier and more advantaged homebirth population, then EXCLUDE half of the homebirth deaths, then the homebirth numbers for infant death are ALMOST as good.

In response to reports that women may be using this unapproved drug, to increase milk production (lactation), the WHO and FDA are warning breastfeeding women of safety concerns as «there have been several published reports and case studies of cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest and sudden death in patients receiving an intravenous form of domperidone that has been withdrawn from the market in a number of countries.»

Of note, our point estimate for premature death exceeds the annual number of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38Of note, our point estimate for premature death exceeds the annual number of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 38of breast cancer would be 385.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of maternal deaths in the United States is probably up to three times as high as the number reported in our national statistics because not all maternal deaths are classified as pregnancy - related on the death certificate.

Number of deaths / yr in adult beds reported as entrapment / suffocation between bed and wall, headboard, or other furniture, on waterbed, in headboard railings, or tangled in bedding: 18

Number of pages: 195 Publication date: 2010 Languages: English ISBN: 9789241599573 Download the report [pdf 2.91 MB] Overview Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95 % of these deaths occur.

• The total number of drink - drive accidents rose by 2 % to 5,740 in 2015 • There was a 3 % rise in overall drink - drive casualties on 2014 to 8,480 • Around 220 people were killed in drink driving related incidents, a figure unchanged since 2010, around 13 % of all deaths in reported road accidents in 2015.

The number of flu cases in Monroe County continues to rise, but there were no new deaths related to the flu for the latest reporting week, which ended February 17.

The Commons» environmental audit committee (EAC), publishing a report on the issue today, said the number of health problems and deaths is a «national scandal».

«The Community Health Status Report shows Dutchess County making continued improvement in driving down the rates of death and hospitalization from chronic diseases, including heart disease, the nation's number one killer,» said DBCH Commissioner Henry M. Kurban, MD, MBA, MPH, FACPM.

The measures come amid a record - high number of deaths from heroin or opioid - related abuse in 2014, according to a report released earlier this month by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

• The State Emergency Operations Center has received reports that several farms were impacted by the flood waters causing a large number of dead livestock and potential hazardous waste material due to those deaths.

The report of their death was confirmed by the spokesman of police in Borno State, Victor Isuku but could not give the actual number of the people wounded as at the time of filing this report.

At least, three students are reported to have died within one week, bringing to seven, the number of student deaths this year alone a situation causing alarm to parents whose wards are in the school.

«However tempting it may be, it is clinically meaningless and academically reckless to use such statistical measures to quantify actual numbers of avoidable deaths,» the report found.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — The Erie County Medical Examiner's office reports a recent increase over the past month in the number of suspected drug overdose deaths involving the drug fentanyl, either alone or in combination with other drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

WHEREAS, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office projects 2015 to be the year with the greatest number of reported opioid related fatalities, with well over 200 deaths; and

This policy has led to a massive increase in the prescription of «safe drugs» like Methadone but as an increasing number of reports demonstrate, heroin substitutes like Methadone now account for one - third of drug - related deaths in Scotland.

The additional deaths were only just reported to the department on Sunday and the number of persons afflicted has increased to 81.

The number of fatalities at construction and industrial sites is decreasing overall, reports the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), but 42 workers in New York fell to their death in 2012, 10 more than the year before.

In 2015, GTI reported that the number of people killed by Fulani herdsmen decreased by 50 per cent, amounting to over 630 fewer deaths.

The CDC also reports that drug overdoses were responsible for 37 percent of the deaths of Erie County residents between the ages of 15 and 44 - and numbers are expected to climb.

The World Health Organization said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis.

As I've been reporting a story about the opioid epidemic, I've sorted through a lot of tragic numbers that make the astronomical spike in deaths and injuries related to the drugs feel more real.

The CDC report also notes that AIDS is now the leading cause of death in young men of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and that the number of cases of AIDS in the US continues to rise steeply.

«Without drastic improvements in control measures,» the report concluded, «the number of cases of and deaths from [Ebola] are expected to continue increasing from hundreds to thousands per week in the coming months.»

The outbreak of deaths could have been tied to an increase in the number of grinding machines in the villages in November of 2009, «contributing to widespread contamination,» the researchers reported.

Currently, methods of measuring OPO performance and donation rates rely on self - reported numbers of «eligible deaths,» which fails to capture all potential deceased donors, with 20 to 25 percent of actual deceased donors not meeting eligible death criteria.

The report likely underestimates the number of calf deaths, which can reach 35 % even when populations aren't abnormally stressed, says Louis Herman of the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu.

Moreover, the South has the highest rate of newly reported infections and the highest number of deaths caused by AIDS.