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Contribution of chronic conditions to smoking differences in life expectancy with and without disability in Belgium

Abstract: Background Smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity. This study aimed at assessing the impact of smoking on life expectancy (LE) and LE with (LED) and without disability ...

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.

mortality and animal welfare. This article introduces a novel metric, the Welfare-Adjusted Life Year (WALY), to estimate disease impact by combining welfare compromise and premature death components. Adapting ...

Trends in educational inequalities in premature mortality in Belgium between the 1990s and the 2000s: the contribution of specific causes of deaths.

71, Issue 4, p.371-380 (2017) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, a key public health objective may be supported by a careful monitoring and assessment of the ...

Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s

75, Issue 44 (2017) Keywords: Belgium Educational inequalities Health inequalities Premature mortality Abstract: Background In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described ...

Adverse obstetric outcomes after local treatment for cervical preinvasive and early invasive disease according to cone depth: systematic review and meta-analysis.

population (5.9% v 5.6%; 1.24, 1.14 to 1.35). Spontaneous preterm birth, premature rupture of the membranes, chorioamnionitis, low birth weight, admission to neonatal intensive care, and perinatal mortality ...

Mapping the cause-specific premature mortality reveals large between-districts disparity in Belgium, 2003-2009

regression POLICIES POLICY POPULATION premature Premature mortality PROGRESSION public public health Public-health RATES Ratio Ratios region regional regression Research result results scale Socio economic ...

A design to improve the comparability of area maps: the exemple of the premature mortality in Belgium

conference Design epidemiology improve map method methods mortality premature Premature mortality Service:  Information sanitaire Gezondheidsinformatie Health information Category:  C32 ...

Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change.

premature mortality is a crucial public health objective. After a long gap in the publication of Belgian mortality statistics, this paper presents the leading causes and the regional disparities in premature ...

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