Mortality figures for cancer are usually looked at alongside the incidence and other statistics. It is important to remember that these statistics are very general. For example, you may read that ...

Inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, has long been considered a modern ...

The phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis, the diagnosis of a malignant tumour that, without detection, would never lead to ...

Summary/conclusion Para athletes show high prevalence and incidence of musculoskeletal injuries ... studies did not use valid and reliable methods for data collection, for example, validated ...

NTD prevalence per 10 000 total births was significantly higher in 2015–2019 (13.6, 95% CI 12.9 to 14.4) compared with 2010–2014 (12.1, 95% CI 11.7 to 12.5). An increasing trend in NTDs overall was ...

15 For example, it is recommended ... Despite significant declines in incidence and mortality, CVD is still the biggest cause of mortality in women. The improvements in survival mean that there is now ...

Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high prevalence in poor urban communities. Methods: Data on the prevalence of asthma among ...

Objectives The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence and incidence of type 1 diabetes in the Irish population using a national pharmacy claims database in the absence of a national diabetes ...

incidence trends largely reflect changing prevalence of risk factors and improvements in diagnosis and data recording. Recent incidence trends are influenced by risk factor prevalence in years past, ...

The study-specific estimates will be pooled through a random-effects meta-analysis model to obtain an overall summary estimate of the prevalence/incidence of hypertension across studies. Also, we will ...

In 1997, HF was singled out as an emerging epidemic. 1 An epidemic can reflect increased incidence, increased survival leading to increased prevalence, or both factors combined. Delineating the ...

Pouchin P, Genin M, Bara S, et al. Geographical variability in cancer incidence explained by the socioeconomic environment: an example of lung cancer in northwestern France. J Epidemiol Community ...