Epidemiology and Health Statistics in the United Kingdom

1964 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
H. C. Ebbing
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Medical Statistics ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

From 6 October to 8 December 1962 the writer of the present report visited medical authorities, universities, research institutes and statistics offices in Great Britain. The journey, which had been sponsored by the European Office of the World Health Organization, was carried out under the technical guidance of the British Ministry of Health. The General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales welcomed the writer as a colleague and rendered assistance during his stay, while practical questions where handled by the British Council.Medical statistics are the concern of one General Register Office each for England and Wales, for Scotland, and for Northern Ireland. The Ministry of Health has a statistics division of its own.Medical statistics are conducted on a larger scale than in a number of other countries. The birth and death records are thoroughly evaluated from an anthropobiological angle. In addition to the statistics on physicians, nursing personnel and hospitals which are compiled in the United Kingdom there also exists a disease reporting system which inter aha includes morbidity statistics, too. A research project on the frequency of hereditary and congenital diseases is in preparation.The general interest in medical statistics and the value put on them are worthy of emphasis. Courses held for the medical officers of health provide for efficient statistical training. The scientific discipline, epidemiology and health statistics on the one hand and the possibilities of work and research in the field of official statistics on the other are judged in such a way that a number of aims which appear unattainable in Germany at the time being are regarded as natural prerequisites to an efficient health policy. It should be mentioned in this connexion that the recommendations of the World Health Organization and of the European Council have been based on the opportunities provided in the Anglo-Saxon countries.

Suicide in Scotland in Comparison with England and Wales

1972 ◽  
Vol 121 (560) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Norman Kreitman
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
A Value ◽  
Health Organization

Over 70 years ago, Sibbald (1900) commented that the official statistics on suicide showed Scotland to have lower rates than England and Wales. It seems that Scotland has always been regarded as one of the countries with relatively few suicides. A recent World Health Organization publication (1968) commented on the official suicide rates in a sample of 20 different nations; among these Scotland ranked nineteenth in 1952–4. However, this picture appears to have been gradually changing over the last two decades, and the same W.H.O. publication, citing official statistics for the period 1961–3, quotes a value for Scotland which raises it to fifteenth in the list of 20 countries. Moreover, the Scottish rates and those for England and Wales have gradually come closer together over the last 20 years.The aim of this paper is to examine the trends in Scottish statistics for the last two decades and to compare the current suicide rates with those of the rest of the United Kingdom. All the data quoted are based on the publications of the Registrars General for Scotland and for England and Wales.

Principles of contraception

2010 ◽  
pp. 1262-1268
Author(s):  
John Guillebaud
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Health Organization

Continued use of any method of contraception is related directly to its acceptability. Advisers should be competent to give information about the efficacy, risks, side effects, advantages, disadvantages, and noncontraceptive benefits of each method. Ignorance, especially about conditions not yet evaluated by the World Health Organization or the United Kingdom Medical Eligibility Committee, should be admitted during consultations, in which the clinician and the user, or couple, should be on equal terms: a ‘consultation between two experts’....

Hearing

2010 ◽  
pp. 4865-4870
Author(s):  
Linda M Luxon
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sensorineural Hearing Loss ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
World Health ◽  
External Ear ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment. The World Health Organization has estimated that at least 275 million people are affected worldwide, as are 17% of the adult population in the United Kingdom, three-quarters of these being over 60 years of age. Clinical examination and investigation—examination includes visual inspection of the anatomy of the external ear and tympanic membrane, and tuning-fork tests to distinguish conductive from sensorineural hearing loss in some cases. Audiological investigations (1) quantify audiometric thresholds at each frequency; (2) differentiate conductive from sensorineural defects; (3) differentiate ...

scholarly journals Women and HIV/AIDS

1970 ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Randa Abul-Husn
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
World Health ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
First Case ◽  
The World ◽  
Aids Related Complex ◽  
Women And Hiv ◽  
Health Organization

The first case of AIDS was reported in Lebanon in 1988. As of July 1994, 2,402 cases of AIDS, 398 ARC (AIDS Related Complex), and 8,423 HN positive cases were reported in the region of the Middle East. The disease is heavily underreported and under-estimated, according to the National AIDS Control Programme in Lebanon. The NACP was established in 1989 by the World Health Organization and the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

scholarly journals An overview of Peruvian dental research in time of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e027
Author(s):  
Angela Quispe-Salcedo
Keyword(s):  
Viral Infection ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Dental Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has represented a major challenge for human beings during 2020. At time this editorial is written (December 7th) there was a total of 66’422,058 confirmed positive cases and 1’532418 deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) (1). In our country, the latest report released by the Ministry of Health (MINSA) showed a cumulative of 973,918 confirmed cases including 36,274 deaths. (2) This dramatic scenario has brought various limitations in all aspects of our lives, forcing us to adapt to the “new normality”, that includes strong protection measures to restrain the spread of the viral infection among our population. (3) Although these restrictions have been progressively lifted with the passing of the months, the educational activity at all levels has not yet been reestablished.

scholarly journals Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Ciblak ◽  
N Albayrak ◽  
Y Odabas ◽  
A Basak Altas ◽  
M Kanturvardar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Index Case ◽  
World Health ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Influenza A H1n1 ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Case Based

Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of human cases of infection with a new influenza A(H1N1)v virus of swine origin, the Turkish Ministry of Health launched a case-based reporting of influenza A(H1N1)v throughout the country on 27 April 2009. The index case was detected on 15 May 2009. As of 17 July 2009 the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1)v totaled 128 of whom 38 were indigenous cases.

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