Causes of Death Responsible for Recent Increases in Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip E. Enterline
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Differentials

Narrowing the mindware gap in medicine

Diagnosis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Croskerry
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Medical Error ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
High Degree

Abstract Medical error is now recognized as one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Of the medical errors, diagnostic failure appears to be the dominant contributor, failing in a significant number of cases, and associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. One of the significant contributors to diagnostic failure is the cognitive performance of the provider, how they think and decide about the process of diagnosis. This thinking deficit in clinical reasoning, referred to as a mindware gap, deserves the attention of medical educators. A variety of specific approaches are outlined here that have the potential to close the gap.

Primary cerebral lymphoma' characteristics, incidence, survival, and causes of death in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 415 ◽  
pp. 116890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherief Ghozy ◽  
Mahmoud Dibas ◽  
Ahmed M. Afifi ◽  
Mahmoud A. Hashim ◽  
Alzhraa Salah Abbas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cerebral Lymphoma ◽  
Primary Cerebral Lymphoma

Recent Trends in Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois M. Verbrugge
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Differentials ◽  
Recent Trends

Actual causes of death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 270 (18) ◽  
pp. 2207-2212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. McGinnis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States

Actual causes of death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 271 (9) ◽  
pp. 659b-659
Author(s):  
T. J. Tyson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Age, Sex, and Race Selection at Death from Leukemia and the Lymphomas

Blood ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 693-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER G. GILLIAM
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Large City ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cooperative Study ◽  
State Data ◽  
Hospital Experience ◽  
Death Data

Abstract Attention has been called to the distinction between "age incidence", which is a measure of risk, and "age distribution" which is not such a measure except under certain unusual circumstances which probably do not exist for any hospital experience in the United States. Examples to illustrate this distinction were drawn from death data for deaths attributed to leukemia and the lymphomas in the United States in 1949. The sex and race selection have been recorded for the types of leukemia and lymphoma separable in the sixth revision of The International List of Causes of Death. The age selection at death attributed to the numerically important of these causes has also been presented. To determine the age, sex, and race selection (incidence) of these diseases, with full confidence in adequacy of their classification, will require a cooperative study designed to apply uniform diagnostic technics to all cases occurring in some definable population such as a large city or a state. Data derived from individual hospitals or from literature summations are generally inadequate for this purpose.

scholarly journals Male Mortality Trends in the United States, 1900-2010: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-160
Author(s):  
Wanda K. Jones ◽  
Robert A. Hahn ◽  
R. Gibson Parrish ◽  
Steven M. Teutsch ◽  
Man-Huei Chang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Female Mortality ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Male Mortality ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
White Males

Objectives: Male mortality fell substantially during the past century, and major causes of death changed. Building on our recent analysis of female mortality trends in the United States, we examined all-cause and cause-specific mortality trends at each decade from 1900 to 2010 among US males. Methods: We conducted a descriptive study of age-adjusted death rates (AADRs) for 11 categories of disease and injury stratified by race (white, nonwhite, and, when available, black), the excess of male mortality over female mortality ([male AADR − female AADR]/female AADR), and potential causes of persistent excess of male mortality. We used national mortality data for each decade. Results: From 1900 to 2010, the all-cause AADR declined 66.4% among white males and 74.5% among nonwhite males. Five major causes of death in 1900 were pneumonia and influenza, heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis, and unintentional nonmotor vehicle injuries; in 2010, infectious conditions were replaced by cancers and chronic lower respiratory diseases. The all-cause excess of male mortality rose from 9.1% in 1900 to 65.5% in 1980 among white males and a peak of 63.7% in 1990 among nonwhite males, subsequently falling among all groups. Conclusion: During the last century, AADRs among males declined more slowly than among females. Although the gap diminished in recent decades, exploration of social and behavioral factors may inform interventions that could further reduce death rates among males.

Leading Causes of Death in the United States

JAMA ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 295 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Tierney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
The United States

Increases in Premature Mortality Due to Homicide — United States, 1968-1985

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly Martinez-Schnell ◽  
Richard J. Waxweiler
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Age At Death

From 1968 to 1985, the rate of homicide in the United States has increased 44%. Its relative impact on premature mortality, as measured by the percentage of years of potential life lost (YPLL) before age 65 from all causes of death due to homicide, has nearly doubled (93% increase). This increase calls attention to the emerging importance of interpersonal violence relative to all public health problems affecting persons under 65 years of age. The percentage of YPLL from all causes of death due to homicide increased in each race/sex group and for both firearm and nonfirearm means of homicide. The increase in homicide YPLL was traced mainly to an increase in the number of homicide deaths and, to a smaller extent, to a decrease in the average age at death of homicide victims.

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