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Tag Archives: Mortality
Global Burden of Disease (Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 1990-2016) Study: 2018 Update (Lancet Neurology)
Summary An update to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study of 2016 has been published. The number of people living with dementia globally appears to have more than doubled between 1990 to 2016. “In the … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Age Standardised Death Rates, Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Ageing Population, All-Cause Mortality, All-Cause Mortality and Cause-Specific Mortality for 249 Causes of Death (1980–2015), Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Amenable Mortality, Behavioural Risk Factors, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DALYs, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Diet High in Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Disease Burden, DisMod-MR 2.1 Model, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, GBD 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Collaborators, Global Burden of Diseases Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD) Study, High Body-Mass Index (BMI), High Fasting Plasma Glucose, Lancet Neurology, Life Expectancy, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modeling Causes of Death: Integrated Approach Using CODEm, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Prevalence, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Programmes, Public Health, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Epidemiology, Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages, Years Lost Due to Disability (YLD), Years of Life Lost (YLLs), YLDs
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Literature Review: Dementia and Co-Occurring Chronic Conditions (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
Summary This review of the literature identified topics for future research, which include hospitalisation, disease-specific outcomes, diabetes, chronic pain, cardiovascular disease, depression, falls, stroke, and multiple chronic conditions. “…living with significant cognitive impairment or dementia negatively impacts mortality, institutionalization, and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Depression, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing: University of California, Burden of Multimorbidity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta), Co-Morbidities, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Co-Morbidity, Co-Morbidity of Dementia, College of Social Work: University of South Carolina, Colorado School of Public Health: University of Colorado, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Comorbidity, Comorbidity and Dementia, Dementia and Comorbidity, Dementia Comorbidities, Department of Community and Behavioral Health: University of Colorado, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: University of Washington School of Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine Epidemiology and Global Health: University of Washington, Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Division of Health Care Policy and Research: University of Colorado and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Emory University (Atlanta), Functional Outcomes, Hamilton College: University of South Carolina, Health Promotion Research Center: University of Washington, Literature Reviews, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Long-Term Conditions and Dementia, Management of Multimorbidity, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Mortality, Multi-Morbidity, Multimorbidity, Multiple Comorbidities, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Northwest Research Group on Aging (Seattle), Patterns of Multimorbidity, Prevention and/or Management of Co-morbidities, Rollins School of Public Health: Emory University, School of Medicine and School of Public Health: University of Washington, School of Medicine: University of Colorado and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Systematic Reviews, Treatment of Multimorbidity, United States, University of California, University of Colorado, University of Colorado and the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of South Carolina, University of Washington, University of Washington School of Medicine, USA, UW School of Nursing: Northwest Research Group on Aging
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UK “Health at a Glance 2017” Using OECD Indicators (BBC News / OECD)
Summary The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Health at a Glance provides “the latest comparable data and trends on the performance of health systems in OECD countries”. Britain appears to be the “most obese nation” in Western Europe, … Continue reading
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Tagged Access to Care, Access to Services, Access to Treatment, Alcohol Consumption, Cancer Survival, Cancer Survival Rates in England, Delayed Discharges, Epidemiology, European Community Health Indicators (ECHI), European Health, European Union (EU), Finance, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financing of Health Care, Health Expenditure, Health: Financing, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, International Comparisons, International Health Care Comparisons, International Perspectives, Life Expectancy, Men vs. Women (Diseease Prevalence), Mortality, NHS Workforce, Obesity, OECD, OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Indicators, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Overweight, Public Health, Smoking, Social Epidemiology
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Global Burden of Disease Study: 2016 Update (Lancet)
Summary This year’s update to the Global Burden of Disease Study again includes trends for Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias, based on meta-analysis of prevalence studies. There was an increase of almost 40% in the total deaths from Alzheimer’s Disease … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, National, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Age Standardised Death Rates, Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), All-Cause Mortality, All-Cause Mortality and Cause-Specific Mortality for 249 Causes of Death (1980–2015), Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Amenable Mortality, Behavioural Risk Factors, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Cause of Death Ensemble Model (CODEm), DALYs, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia Risk Factors, Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs): Global Burden of Disease Study (2010), Disease Burden, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, GATHER: Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting, GBD 2015, GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators, Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study, Global Burden of Disease Study (2015-6), Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, Kings College London, Lancet, Life Expectancy, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Mental Health; Dementia; Long-Term Conditions and More, Mortality Rates, Mortality Risk Factors, Mortality Statistics, NCDs: Noncommunicable Diseases, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), Prevalence, Prevalence of Cancer, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Public Health, Risk Factors, Social Epidemiology, Years Lost Due to Disability (YLD), YLDs, YLLs
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A Natural Limit to Human Life Expectancy? (BBC News / Nature)
Summary Despite recent historical trends in the seemingly endless increase in human life expectancy, researchers analysing global demographic data believe they may have detected signs that the maximum lifespan may be limited to around 115 years “Our results strongly suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, BBC Health News, Centenarians, Department of Genetics: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Diminishing Gains in Reduction of Late-Life Mortality, Female Life Expectancy, Gerontological Research Group (GRG), Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), INED, Jeanne Calment (Former Supercentenarian), Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Causes of Death, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy Over Time: Trends Since 1900, Male Life Expectancy, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Maximum Reported Age at Death (MRAD), Mortality, Mortality Statistics, Natural Limit to Human Lifespan (Postulated), Nature, Proportion of Population Surviving to Old Age Among Females in 40 Countries and Territories, Proportion of Population Surviving to Old Age Among Males in 40 Countries and Territories, Reported Age at Death of Supercentenarians, Super-Centenarians, Supercentenarians, UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, United States, University of California, USA
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Ongoing Observations on Obesity and Diabetes (BBC News / ifpri / NHS England)
Summary Malnutrition takes different forms, including the epidemic of obesity, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute (ifpri)’s “Ending Malnutrition by 2030” report covering 129 countries. The authors of this Global Nutrition report assert that every $1 (70p) spent … Continue reading
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