Article: INDUSTRY CANADA: Mortality rates in census me metropolitan areas -- 1994-1996.

Article: Hospitals in highly managed care markets report significantly ...
Business Wire;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... stay, and decreased mortality rates according to a national ... resulted in higher mortality rates or complication rates ... the risk-adjusted mortality rates in high managed care ... 39%) of U.S. metropolitan areas experienced a decrease ...

Article: Cancer rate differentials between blacks and whites in three ...
Journal of the National Medical Association;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... highest overall cancer incidence and mortality rates, largely due to excess prostate and ... which average annual incidence and mortality rates were derived by age and race (white ... change of age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates were calculated for blacks and whites ...

Article: Reconsidering mortality compression and deceleration: An ...
Demography;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... DECELERATION: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL OF MORTALITY RATES* In this research we develop a model of mortality rates that parameterizes mortality deceleration ... It is well known that all-cause mortality rates are generally declining at all ages ...

Article: Why do breast cancer mortality rates vary across ...
The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... state variations in breast cancer mortality rates the reasons for such differences remain ... was to confirm whether breast cancer mortality rates are significantly different by state ... determine predictors of high versus low mortality rates. State-level variation in breast ...

Article: Alcohol Factors in Suicide Mortality Rates in ...
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... alcohol-related factors that influence mortality rates from suicide. Method: We examined ... on total, male and female suicide mortality rates in Manitoba during 1976 to 1997 ... positively related to female suicide mortality rates. Spirits and wine were positively ...

Article: Mortality Rates
Encyclopedia of Public Health;      700+ words ...MORTALITY RATES The English statistician, William ... certificates are used to calculate mortality rates that can be manipulated in various ... The commonly used varieties of mortality rates are: crude; age-standardized ...

Article: Alcohol consumption, alcoholics anonymous membership, and suicide ...
Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... population alcohol consumption levels and mortality rates from a large number of causes (Babor ... relationship between alcohol consumption and mortality rates may be affected by beverage type and ... 2000) reported that cirrhosis mortality rates were most strongly related to distilled ...