Tag: MORT
Blood-Based Marker Plus PLCO Risk Model Can ID Lethal Lung Cancer
AUROC estimate of four-marker protein panel plus PLCOm2012 was 0.88 for risk prediction of lung cancer death
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, U.N. Says
United Nations Population Fund found Black women more likely than White women to be denied medication or experience physical abuse in health care settings
Coexisting Conditions Impact Survival in Oral Cancer
Survival estimates that exclude the effects of coexisting conditions lead to underestimation, overestimation of survival
1999 to 2020 Saw Rise in Poisoning, Firearm, and Injury Deaths
Authors call the rapid increase in deaths due to unintentional poisonings and firearm homicides a national emergency
Income, Healthy Food Access Linked to Life Expectancy
Life expectancy at birth was lower in high-income/low access, low-income/high-access, and low-income/low-access tracts
Deaths Due to Opioid Toxicity Up in U.S. During COVID-19
Years of life lost due to opioid toxicity plateaued between 2017 and 2019, then increased through 2021
Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Perioperative Complications
Increase seen in in-hospital mortality and seven perioperative complications for adults undergoing major elective inpatient surgery
Frailty Tied to Worse Outcomes After Perioperative Cardiac Arrest
Findings show higher risk of mortality and nonhome discharge with increasing frailty
1999 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Cancer-Specific Mortality in Hispanic Adults
Cancer-specific mortality rates decreased more for Hispanic men than women
Overweight BMI Does Not Necessarily Mean Higher Mortality Risk
21 to 108 percent increased mortality risk seen for those with BMI ≥30 kg/m²; no increase seen with BMI of 22.5 to 34.9 kg/m² for older adults
