750 Circulation February 12, 2013 30% of all subjects, these differences crossed a major
disease category. Interestingly, this study confirmed that diseases of the circulatory system …

In 1993 the World Bank, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
Harvard School of Public Health, sponsored a study to assess the global burden of disease …

The second edition of this popular textbook provides an introduction to the principles and
methods of epidemiology. Since publication of the first edition in 1993, Basic epidemiology …

Millions of girls and women continue to live in poverty, disempowered and discriminated
against. They are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, less likely to attend school and …

[Prólogo. Mirta Roses-Directora]. La epidemiología es la base y el fundamento de la salud
pública. Como agencia de salud, la principal disciplina de la Organización Panamericana …

Most people in Africa and Asia are born and die without leaving a trace in any legal record
or official statistic. Absence of reliable data for births, deaths, and causes of death are at the …

In the UK, about one in 200 infants is stillborn, and rates of stillbirth have recently slightly
increased. This recent rise might reflect increasing frequency of some important maternal …

Cause-of-death data derived from verbal autopsy (VA) are increasingly used for health
planning, priority setting, monitoring and evaluation in countries with incomplete or no vital …

Background In the developed world, information on vital events is routinely collected
nationally to inform population and health policies. However, in many low-and middle …

Understanding of global health and changing morbidity and mortality is limited by
inadequate measurement of population health. With fewer than one-third of deaths …