Morbidity rate

Morbidity—State of being diseased morbidity rate is the incidence or prevalence of disease in a specific population. 

The application of this approach can eradicate the difference in the morbidity rates of different nosologies and estimate an extent of a deviation of parameters from an average for the given disease over the country as a whole. The results showed that in the selected zones of the country, there are remarkable deviations of morbidity rates from the average values overall the Ukraine. For instance, in the industrial zone a significant increase of the morbidity rate of the respiratory system (R2 = 0.83)... 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, a), the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of foodborne infections in the U.S. in 2002 was 16,580, including (rates per 100,000 people) salmonellosis (16.1), campylobacteriosis (13.3), and shigellosis (10.3). Escherichia coli 0157, Listeria, Vibrio, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, and hemolytic-uremic E. coli were also found to be the causes of infections. The morbidity rate reached about 46 cases per 100,000 people. 

Salmonella rods are present on the surfaces of eggs and may penetrate into eggs via shell pores. They are also found in poultry and milk, and may contaminate meat during jointing. Foodborne toxicoinfections caused by Salmonella rods, but not involved in typhus or paratyphus, are named salmonellosis. In 2001 in Poland, the morbidity rate reached 51.2 per 100,000 (19,788 cases) (Gonera,... 

Influenza is the most widespread acute infectious disease of humans. Annually, influenza accounts for the increase in morbidity and mortality rate all over the world. For example, every winter about 300 000 patients in the US are hospitalized and 30000 0000 patients die as a result of influenza infection. The morbidity and mortality rates due to influenza infection are increased dramatically in cases of pandemic outbreaks. In the 20th century, there were three pandemics — the pandemic of Spanish influenza in 1918, caused by a virus of antigenic formula HlNl the pandemic of Asian influenza of 1957, caused by a virus of antigenic formula H2N2 the pandemic of 1968 caused by a virus with antigenic formula H3N2. These pandemics are characterized by a morbidity rate from 30% to 60% of the population and are accompanied by dramatic increases of pneumonia number and general mortality. The pandemic of Spanish influenza of 1918, which took the lives of 1-2% of the entire human population, was especially serious. Almost the entire world was stricken with the first influenza pandemic of the third millennium caused by strain A/California/04/2009 (HlNl). 

NRDC used Salmonella Infections as the model to make their estimates of mortality and morbidity rates. They pointed out that these are conservative estimates (underestimates) because resistance also occurs In other pathogenic bacteria that cause human diseases. Some of the resistance In these other pathogens results from the pool of resistant bacteria In animals, which Is ultimately due In large part to subtherapeutlc use of penicillin and the tetracyclines In animal feeds. 

Kribati. Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, was known for toxicity in the 1950 s and 1960 s (12), but toxicity apparently declined until 1974 when these islands experienced a recurdescence. The morbidity rate has been increasing since then, with a minor slump in 1977 and 1978, and a continued increase (13). Species responsible are listed in Table III. Note that herbivores are... 

In this chapter I return to the topic of my doctoral dissertation, completed in 1963 under the same title. My purpose then as now was to explore the importance of research and development (R D) for new products in the pharmaceutical industry. Such products embody new medical advances and have a major impact on mortality and morbidity rates. 

These huge mortality and morbidity rates can be dramatically reduced by reforming the way we offer incentives to and reward the development of new medical treatments - preventive (vaccines) or remedial. Here 1 sketch a concrete, feasible, and politically realistic reform plan that would give medical innovators stable and reliable financial incentives to address the medical conditions of the poor. Adopting this plan would not... 

Nonallergic hyperreactivity corresponds to the traditional notion of food intolerance. It is a syndrome in which dysfunctions are similar to those observed in the course of allergic diseases, induced by various mechanisms, excluding immunology-related factors. Nonallergic hyperreactivity occurs more frequently than allergy. Morbidity rate in children is approximately 20%-50%, while in adults it is estimated to be approximately 20%. Attention is drawn to the fact that the enzymatic system in children is less mature, so the capacity to bind chemical compounds by plasma proteins is poorer, and so is the blood-brain barrier permeability by low molecular weight compounds. 

A relationship between ambient air pollution and daily mortality and morbidity rates has been reported for many cities throughout the world (Schwela, 2000 Stieb et al., 2002 Glinianaia et al., 2004 Gordon et al., 2004). The relevant contaminants include sulfur dioxide, suspended particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, and lead (Schwela, 2000). Ambient air pollution has been declared an important health problem for developing countries. A considerable burden of disease has been reported for cities such as New Delhi, India (Pande et al., 2002) Santiago, Chile (Ostro et al.,... 

Mortality and morbidity rates among displaced populations in the first days and weeks following a disaster are often much higher than rates among the same population after the situation is stabilized. Thus, providing some sanitation facilities during the first days of the crisis is critical. Regardless of the type of facility used. 

One of the first major compilations of statistics was produced by H. Thaler in 1964 in 23,382 biopsies, the lethality rate was 0.017% and the complication rate 0.10%. (158) In evaluating 79,381 liver biopsies, H. Lindner (1967) calculated a lethality rate of 0.015% and a morbidity rate of 0.34%. (85) In 19,563 liver biopsies, E. WiLDHiRT registered no fatal cases with a morbidity rate of 0.089%. (176) In a multicentre study carried out by F. PiccioNiNo et af, 68,276 liver biopsies were recorded during the period 1973-1983 with a lethality rate of 0.009% and a morbidity rate of 0.21%. In this study, the Vim-Silverman and Tru-cut needle types proved to have the highest risk rate (0.31% to 0.34%). (121) Severe complications were found in 0.57% of cases by J.F. Cadranel et al. (15) Among 4,124 of our own biopsies (Menghini needle), we registered no cases of death whatsoever from 1961 to 1987 the complication rate was 0.15% (s. tab. 7.7). 

A comprehensive compendium of drugs that is available to GPs. pharmacists and other health professionals, morbidity Diseased state, normally expressed as a morbidity rate. See mortality. 

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