Ausgabe 1/2016
Inhalt (48 Artikel)
Salt intakes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-regression
Oyinlola Oyebode, Samuel Oti, Yen-Fu Chen, Richard J. Lilford
Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999–2012: a statistical adjustment analysis
Christopher J. Ruhm
Mortality and life expectancy in Kiribati based on analysis of reported deaths
Karen L. Carter, Tibwataake Baiteke, Tiensi Teea, Teanibuaka Tabunga, Mantarae Itienang, Chalapati Rao, Alan D. Lopez, Richard Taylor
Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision
Brian J Morris, Richard G Wamai, Esther B Henebeng, Aaron AR Tobian, Jeffrey D Klausner, Joya Banerjee, Catherine A Hankins
Methods of applying the 1994 case definition of chronic fatigue syndrome – impact on classification and observed illness characteristics
E. R. Unger, J.-M. S. Lin, H. Tian, B. M. Gurbaxani, R. S. Boneva, J. F. Jones
A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index
Marie Ng, Patrick Liu, Blake Thomson, Christopher J. L. Murray
Causes of death in Vanuatu
Karen Carter, Viran Tovu, Jeffrey Tila Langati, Michael Buttsworth, Lester Dingley, Andy Calo, Griffith Harrison, Chalapati Rao, Alan D. Lopez, Richard Taylor
Identifying potential differences in cause-of-death coding practices across Russian regions
Inna Danilova, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Dmitri A. Jdanov, France Meslé, Jacques Vallin
Multiple-bias analysis as a technique to address systematic error in measures of abortion-related mortality
Caitlin Gerdts, Jennifer Ahern
Social patterns and differentials in the fertility transition in the context of HIV/AIDS: evidence from population surveillance, rural South Africa, 1993 – 2013
Brian Houle, Athena Pantazis, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Stephen Tollman, Samuel J. Clark
Erratum to: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision
Brian J. Morris, Richard G. Wamai, Esther B. Henebeng, Aaron A. R. Tobian, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Joya Banerjee, Catherine A. Hankins
Measuring and tracking obesity inequality in the United States: evidence from NHANES, 1971-2014
Tae-Young Pak, Susana Ferreira, Gregory Colson
Health profile of centenarians in Portugal: a census-based approach
Oscar Ribeiro, Laetitia Teixeira, Lia Araújo, Constança Paúl
Improving the usefulness of US mortality data: new methods for reclassification of underlying cause of death
Kyle J. Foreman, Mohsen Naghavi, Majid Ezzati
Temporal evolution of the risk factors associated with low birth weight rates in Brazilian capitals (1996-2011)
Viviane Costa de Souza Buriol, Vânia Hirakata, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Clécio Homrich da Silva
Improving the measurement of maternal mortality in Thailand using multiple data sources
Worawan Chandoevwit, Phasith Phatchana, Kanjana Sirigomon, Kunakorn Ieawsuwan, Jutatip Thungthong, Saray Ruangdej
Choosing an epidemiological model structure for the economic evaluation of non-communicable disease public health interventions
Adam D. M. Briggs, Jane Wolstenholme, Tony Blakely, Peter Scarborough
Mental health and urban living in sub-Saharan Africa: major depressive episodes among the urban poor in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Géraldine Duthé, Clémentine Rossier, Doris Bonnet, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, Jamaica Corker
Development of a metric for tracking and comparing population health based on the minimal generic set of domains of functioning and health
Cornelia Oberhauser, Somnath Chatterji, Carla Sabariego, Alarcos Cieza
Changes in life expectancy 1950–2010: contributions from age- and disease-specific mortality in selected countries
Jochen Klenk, Ulrich Keil, Andrea Jaensch, Marcus C. Christiansen, Gabriele Nagel
Estimating average alcohol consumption in the population using multiple sources: the case of Spain
Luis Sordo, Gregorio Barrio, María J. Bravo, Joan R. Villalbí, Albert Espelt, Montserrat Neira, Enrique Regidor
Summarizing health-related quality of life (HRQOL): development and testing of a one-factor model
Shaoman Yin, Rashid Njai, Lawrence Barker, Paul Z. Siegel, Youlian Liao
Future healthy life expectancy among older adults in the US: a forecast based on cohort smoking and obesity history
Bochen Cao
Expansion or compression of long-term care in Germany between 2001 and 2009? A small-area decomposition study based on administrative health data
Daniel Kreft, Gabriele Doblhammer
Comparative approaches for assessing access to alcohol outlets: exploring the utility of a gravity potential approach
Tony H. Grubesic, Ran Wei, Alan T. Murray, William Alex Pridemore
Rapid assessment of disability in the Philippines: understanding prevalence, well-being, and access to the community for people with disabilities to inform the W-DARE project
Manjula Marella, Alexandra Devine, Graeme Ferdinand Armecin, Jerome Zayas, Ma Jesusa Marco, Cathy Vaughan
Socioeconomic status and self-rated health of Japanese people, based on age, cohort, and period
Hidehiro Sugisawa, Ken Harada, Yoko Sugihara, Shizuko Yanagisawa, Masaya Shinmei
Current tobacco use and its associated factors among adults in a country with comprehensive ban on tobacco: findings from the nationally representative STEPS survey, Bhutan, 2014
Mongal Singh Gurung, Dorji Pelzom, Tandin Dorji, Wangchuk Drukpa, Chador Wangdi, Palanivel Chinnakali, Sonu Goel
Disparities in length of life across developed countries: measuring and decomposing changes over time within and between country groups
Sergey Timonin, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Domantas Jasilionis, Pavel Grigoriev, Dmitry A. Jdanov, David A. Leon
Accuracy of self-reported height, weight, and waist circumference in a general adult Chinese population
Shurong Lu, Jian Su, Quanyong Xiang, Jinyi Zhou, Ming Wu
A feasibility study on using smartphones to conduct short-version verbal autopsies in rural China
Jing Zhang, Rohina Joshi, Jixin Sun, Samantha R. Rosenthal, Miao Tong, Cong Li, Rasika Rampatige, Meghan Mooney, Alan Lopez, Lijing L. Yan
Infant mortality among the Canadian-born offspring of immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada: a population-based study
Zoua M. Vang
Ethnic differences in prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in the Suriname Health Study: a cross sectional population study
Ingrid S. K. Krishnadath, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Lenny M. Nahar-van Venrooij, Jerry R. Toelsie
The use of a lot quality assurance sampling methodology to assess and manage primary health interventions in conflict-affected West Darfur, Sudan
Kiemanh Pham, Emily Chambers Sharpe, William M. Weiss, Alexander Vu
Dynamic denominators: the impact of seasonally varying population numbers on disease incidence estimates
Elisabeth zu Erbach-Schoenberg, Victor A. Alegana, Alessandro Sorichetta, Catherine Linard, Christoper Lourenço, Nick W. Ruktanonchai, Bonita Graupe, Tomas J. Bird, Carla Pezzulo, Amy Wesolowski, Andrew J. Tatem
Oral/dental items in the resident assessment instrument – minimum Data Set 2.0 lack validity: results of a retrospective, longitudinal validation study
Matthias Hoben, Jeffrey W. Poss, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks
Alzheimer’s and other dementias in Canada, 2011 to 2031: a microsimulation Population Health Modeling (POHEM) study of projected prevalence, health burden, health services, and caregiving use
Douglas G. Manuel, Rochelle Garner, Philippe Finès, Christina Bancej, William Flanagan, Karen Tu, Kim Reimer, Larry W. Chambers, Julie Bernier
A population study on the time trend of cigarette smoking, cessation, and exposure to secondhand smoking from 2001 to 2013 in Taiwan
Chi-Yung Chiang, Hsing-Yi Chang
Monitoring the prevalence of thyroid disorders in the adult population of Northeast Germany
Rehman Mehmood Khattak, Till Ittermann, Matthias Nauck, Harald Below, Henry Völzke
What is the optimal recall period for verbal autopsies? Validation study based on repeat interviews in three populations
Peter Serina, Ian Riley, Bernardo Hernandez, Abraham D. Flaxman, Devarsetty Praveen, Veronica Tallo, Rohina Joshi, Diozele Sanvictores, Andrea Stewart, Meghan D. Mooney, Christopher J. L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez
The paradox of verbal autopsy in cause of death assignment: symptom question unreliability but predictive accuracy
Peter Serina, Ian Riley, Bernardo Hernandez, Abraham D. Flaxman, Devarsetty Praveen, Veronica Tallo, Rohina Joshi, Diozele Sanvictores, Andrea Stewart, Meghan D. Mooney, Christopher J. L. Murray, Alan D. Lopez
Trends, causes, and risk factors of mortality among children under 5 in Ethiopia, 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Amare Deribew, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Kebede Deribe, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Yihunie Lakew, Azmeraw T. Amare, Semaw F. Abera, Mesoud Mohammed, Abiy Hiruye, Efrem Teklay, Awoke Misganaw, Nicholas Kassebaum
Type 2 diabetes detection and management among insured adults
Timothy M. Dall, Weyna Yang, Pragna Halder, Jerry Franz, Erin Byrne, April P. Semilla, Ritashree Chakrabarti, Bruce Stuart
A quantitative evidence base for population health: applying utilization-based cluster analysis to segment a patient population
Sabine I. Vuik, Erik Mayer, Ara Darzi
Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Fiji
Stephen Morrell, Sophia Lin, Isimeli Tukana, Christine Linhart, Richard Taylor, Penina Vatucawaqa, Dianna J Magliano, Paul Zimmet
A new parametric model to assess delay and compression of mortality
Joop de Beer, Fanny Janssen
The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study
Scott A. McDonald, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Jacco Wallinga
Using multi-year national survey cohorts for period estimates: an application of weighted discrete Poisson regression for assessing annual national mortality in US adults with and without diabetes, 2000–2006
Yiling J. Cheng, Edward W. Gregg, Deborah B. Rolka, Theodore J. Thompson