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Contribution of chronic diseases to educational disparity in disability in France: results from the cross-sectional “disability-health” survey

prevalence and of the disabling impact of chronic conditions to educational disparities. Methods Data of the 2008–09 Disability Health Survey were examined (N = 23,348). The disability indicator was the Global ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

relative contribution of four known socioeconomic factors to the variability in U5M in sub-Saharan countries. Methods The study was based on birth histories from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted ...

National public health system responses to diabetes and other important noncommunicable diseases: Background, goals, and results of an international workshop at the Robert Koch Institute.

6.7 million adults are affected by diabetes according to national health surveys, including 1.3 million with undiagnosed diabetes. Complications of diabetes result in an increasing burden for individuals and ...

Investigating the risk-benefit balance of substituting red and processed meat with fish in a Danish diet.

diet. We modeled the substitution among Danish adults based on data from a Danish dietary survey and compared four alternative scenarios based on varying chemical and nutrient exposures to the current ...

The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission.

such as the 2000 Lisbon strategy. HLY are based on the underlying measure: the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI). Twelve years after its implementation, this study aims to assess its current ...

The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission

use a disability-free life expectancy, known as Healthy Life Years (HLY), to monitor progress in the strategic European policies such as the 2000 Lisbon strategy. HLY  are based on the underlying ...

Additional weighting for education affects estimates from a National Health Interview Survey.

health surveys Humans Male middle aged Abstract: BACKGROUND: National Health Interview Surveys are used to produce country-wide results for a substantial number of health indicators. However, if some ...

Multinomial additive hazard model to assess the disability burden using cross-sectional data.

alternative. Among the existing methods based on cross-sectional data, the attribution method, which was originally developed for binary disability outcomes, is an attractive option, as it enables the partition ...

Estimating the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and thyroid disorders using medication data in Flanders, Belgium.

compared with prevalences based on self-reported diagnoses and doctor-registered diagnoses. Methods: Data on medication for diabetes and thyroid disorders were obtained from three different sources in ...

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