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Titanic Disaster: Official Casualty Figures and Commentary Because the survival rate for women was far greater than the survival rate for men, we would thus expect a much higher survival rate for first class passengers as a whole than for third class passengers as a whole. This method shows that the expected overall survival rate for first class passengers was 44.68%, for second class 40.46%, for third class 36.32%, and for crew 21.38%. The more primitive approach -- taken by most writers on this subject -- is to divide the first-class overall survival rate (62.46%) by the overall average survival rate (31.97%), conclude that first-class passengers were twice as likely to survive as the average passenger, and attribute all this variance to class. www.anesi.com /titanic.htm

CET Cancer Center - D. Jeffrey Demanes, M.D.; High Dose Rate (hdr) Brachytherapy Specialist with 25 years of experience: Prostate Cancer Publications Section I, Studies of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer The overall survival rate was 79%, and the cause-specific survival rate was 97%. The corresponding 8-year rates with and without androgen deprivation therapy were biochemical control 85% and 81%; overall survival 83% and 78%; cause-specific survival 89% and 94%; and metastatic rates of 16.6% and 7.3%. The general clinical control rate was 90% (188 of 209), and the general clinical failure rate was 10% (21 of 209). www.cbccmc.com /pages/ProstateHDRBrachytherapyPub.html   (3355 words)

Ecological Archives E085-043-A5 The aggregate kid survival rate shows no clear trend in the mean, but its variability changed significantly from before the eruption to after (Fig. This is lower than the (94–97%) annual survival rate reported for individuals from two to 9–10 years of age in another study of Alpine ibex (Toïgo et al. To examine how survival and weaning success may have varied during the study, we have computed estimates of aggregate vital rates (Fig. www.esapubs.org /Archive/ecol/E085/043/appendix-E.htm   (783 words)

mmKIDPANT1.txt The patient survival rate is 96%, the kidney graft survival rate is 90%, and the pancreas graft survival rate is 88% after a mean follow-up of 2.6 years. Short-term morbidity and mortality are due primarily to the chronic complications of diabetes or problems related to pancreatic surgery and implantation of the pancreatic duct into the urinary bladder. In conclusion, PKT is associated with a fixed morbidity characterized by early readmission (within 1 week) in nearly half of patients and pancreas-specific morbidity as the cause in 35% of readmissions. www.diabetic-help.com /mmKIDPANT1.txt   (1352 words)

eMedicine - Mesothelioma : Article by Winston W Tan, MD Overall median survival was 17 months, yielding a 2-year survival rate of 36% and a 5-year survival rate of 14%. The response rate was 41.3% for the cisplatin/pemetrexed arm and 16.7% for the cisplatin arm. Even with extensive surgery, the mortality rate as reported by Huncharek et al and by Sugerbaker et al in 1996 was 3.8%. www.emedicine.com /med/topic1457.htm   (3784 words)

CBC News:Cancer death rates declining in U.S.: report Men's survival rates improved by more than 10 per cent over the same periods in cancers of the prostate, colon and kidney, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, and leukemia. Survival rates for many cancers continue to improve. Death rates from all cancers in the country have dropped more than one per cent per year between 1993 and 2001, the report shows. www.cbc.ca /stories/2004/06/03/world/cancer040603   (354 words)

Britain: cancer death rates reflect social divide Further research in 2003 showed that whilst rates improved generally during the 1990s, the five-year survival gap between better- and worse-off has widened for both men and women, for the majority of cancers studied. Research carried out in the late 1990s established that survival rates for 44 of the commonest 47 cancers were worse in deprived areas. The 10 worst areas for cancer death rates are all those in the former industrial heartlands of northern England and the Midlands. www.wsws.org /articles/2005/feb2005/canc-f12.shtml   (1061 words)

Cancer death rates drop across the U.S. - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - June 03, 2004 There has been an increase of 20 percent in the survival rate among boys and of 13 percent among girls. Death rates for all cancers combined have fallen steadily in the United States since the 1990s, including among the four top cancer killers: lung, colon, breast and prostate, a new report by the nation's leading cancer groups said. Death rates have fallen in 11 of the top 15 types of cancer afflicting men, he said. www.washtimes.com /national/20040603-122349-8803r.htm   (746 words)

Hydroxyurea therapy improves survival in most severely affected sickle cell patients The study of 299 adult sickle cell patients with moderate to severe forms of the disease, found that improved survival was related to the benefits associated with hydroxyurea treatment – an increase in fetal hemoglobin and reduced episodes of severe pain "crises" and chest syndrome, a pneumonia-like illness. The new study also found that patients with 3 or more painful episodes per year during the trial had a 27 percent death rate versus a 17 percent death rate for those with less frequent episodes. Sickle cell anemia patients who took the drug hydroxyurea over a 9-year period experienced a 40 percent reduction in deaths, according to the first study to evaluate whether the treatment prolongs life, announced the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. www.scienceblog.com /community/older/2003/F/20034116.html   (746 words)

Complications after surgery for gastric cancer in patients aged 80 years and over -- Roviello et al. 28 (2): 116 -- Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Morbidity rate is higher in males than in females and mortality rate is four times higher in males. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative morbidity and mortality in aged patients, and analyze risk factors for complications and their influence on long-term survival. Morbidity and mortality rates according to different variables are given in Table 5. jjco.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/28/2/116   (3962 words)

AGS RASP :: Welcome to RASP Acknowledgements The postoperative complication rate was 66%, and the overall mortality was 30%. The mortality rate was found to increase with advancing age, from 20% in patients younger than 70 years to 39% in patients aged 70 years and older. The main factors associated with the reduction in postoperative morbidity are lower rates of wound infection and pulmonary infection. www.frycomm.com /ags/rasp/chapter.asp?ch=4   (11226 words)

CSIRO PUBLISHING - Marine & Freshwater Research Morbidity + mortality rate of animals held for 30–36 h (10·4 ± 2·3%) was twice that of animals held for 20–24 h (5·2 ± 0·6%). The aims were to measure the rates of morbidity + mortality and to identify patterns of correlation of morbidity + mortality rates for a range of environmental variables recorded by the processors. A positive significant correlation (r = 0·25, P = 0·001) was identified between morbidity + mortality rate and the internal carton temperature. www.publish.csiro.au /nid/126/paper/MF97203.htm   (237 words)

UNICEF - Fertility and Contraceptive use The adolescent fertility rate, defined as the annual number of live births per 1,000 girls aged 15-19, is estimated at 50 per 1,000 worldwide for the period 2000-2005 (Table 2). Turning to total fertility, the worldwide rate is estimated to have fallen from 3.2 births per woman in 1990 to 2.7 births in 2000 (Table 4). The total fertility rate is highest in Sub-Saharan Africa - 5.9 lifetime births in Western and Central Africa and 5.5 births in Eastern and Southern Africa. www.childinfo.org /eddb/fertility   (1280 words)

Basal metabolic rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The resting heart rate is correlated to the resting metabolic rate because of the singular contribution made by the heart to survival. Heart rate is determined by the medulla oblongata and part of the pons, two organs located inferior to the hypothalamus on the brain stem. During exercise that achieves the anaerobic threshold, it is possible to deliver substrates that are desired for optimal energy utilization. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate   (2336 words)

359EPIDEMIOLOGY Incidence rates are useful in determining disease etiology, since incidence is affected only by factors related to the risk of developing disease and not to survival or cure. Prevalence rate is not an estimate of the risk of developing disease because it is a function of both the rate at which new cases of the disease develop and how long those cases last. Analysis of the data in terms of person, place, and time help to quantify the problem(prevalence and incidence rates) and to identify possible causal relationships. www.muw.edu /nursing/tupelo/359EPIDEMIOLOGY.htm   (3440 words)

Cancer Incidence And Death Rates On The Decline: Survival Rates Show Significant Improvement Death rates decreased for 11 of the top 15 cancers in men, and eight of the top 15 cancers in women. Progress Shown In Death Rates From Four Leading Cancers Decline In Overall Mortality Has Slowed (September 3, 2003) -- Death rates from the four most common cancers -- lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal -- continued to decline in the late 1990s according to new data from the "Annual Report to the Nation on... For the first time, lung cancer incidence rates among women are on the decline. www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/06/040630084127.htm   (1316 words)

Sudden Cardiac Death Rates Worse Than Estimated The report also found that death rates increased with age and were higher in men than in women. The authors concluded that “SCD remains an important clinical and public health problem in the United States” and that “public health education and media efforts should target increased awareness of the symptoms and signs of cardiac arrest and should attempt to increase the numbers of bystanders trained and willing to initiate the ‘chain of survival’”. The authors recognize that death certificate data is not validated, however, and may substantially over-represent cardiac disease as the cause of death. www.early-defib.org /05_02_12062001.html   (238 words)

Recent Publications Boudreau, C. and Lawless, J.F. Survival analysis based on the proportional hazards model and survey data. Lawless, J.F. and Zhan, M. Analysis of interval-grouped recurrent event data using piece-wise constant rate functions. Analysis of repeated failures or durations, with application to shunt failures for patients with pediatric hydrocephalus. www.stats.uwaterloo.ca /Stats_Dept/homepages/JFL/node2.shtml   (238 words)

NIH Guide: EXPLORATORY PROJECTS FOR LONGITUDINAL GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES ON AGING Though evidence exists for significant genetic influences on rate-of-change and survival phenotypes, the development of studies to identify the effects of genetic factors on these phenotypes would benefit from additional data relating to the feasibility, optimal design, choice of phenotypes, and sample size requirements for specific research projects. Applicants are particularly encouraged to consider extreme phenotypes (e.g., very slow rates of change with age, or survival to advanced age without morbidity) even though individuals with such phenotypes may be rare, since they may lead to the identification of polymorphisms with strong protective effects. NIEHS is interested in how genetic factors interact with exposures to environmental agents that may contribute to age-related physiologic and pathologic changes in human populations. grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-99-007.html   (238 words)

HON - News : Genetic Tests Predict Breast Cancer Survival In addition to the overall survival rate, there was a clear difference between the two groups in development of metastases -- cancer colonies that spread to other parts of the body, which usually are associated with a poor outcome. After genetic analysis of their cells using the 70-gene profile, 115 were listed as having a good prognosis and 180 as having a poor prognosis. The incidence of metastases was 49.4 percent in the poor-prognosis group and 14.8 percent in the good-prognosis group. www.hon.ch /News/HSN/510893.html   (238 words)

Comment notes from Excel file: RealTimeSterilizationData.xls This version of the program simulates the inactivation of spores whose isothermal survival curve follows the Weibull (power law) model with a fixed shape factor (power), n, and where the temperature dependence of the survival rate parameter, b(Temp), obeys a log logistic relationship. Background: For generating a survival curve from measured time and temperature data, the user needs to enter Time values (in minutes) into worksheet column D starting at cell D2 and Temperature values (in degrees C) corresponding to each Time value into worksheet column E starting at cell E2. Once legal values have been entered for each variable, you may click the Clear button in column A to have the Clear macro initialize the calculation cells in column C, clear the graphical data columns F thru H and delete any existing plots. www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~aew2000/CBotSurvDataNotes.html   (238 words)

Award 1 Text had little effect on the survival of new franchisors, despite arguments that the royalty rate is the key incentive to both franchisors and franchisees, and arguments that franchise fees represent the net present value of future returns to the franchisee from investment in the franchise system. Rao (1994:32) has shown that certification is survival enhancing for new firms as it legitimates organizations “because of the taken for granted axiom that winners are ‘better’ than losers and the belief that contests embody the idea of rational and impartial testing. These results suggest that by modeling the survival of new firms as a function of both economic efficiency and institutional factors, researchers can develop explanations for the survival of these firms that are neither over- nor undersocialized (Granovetter, 1985). www.babson.edu /entrep/fer/papers98/Award1/award1.htm   (238 words)

Woodland Survival Crafts. Bushcraft, Survival and Primitive Survival Skills Courses Bushcraft and survival based activities provide an excellent basis for helping people to understand social skills; team and personal development; as well as environmental issues. Woodland Survival Crafts is opening up opportunities to other organisations to head up some or all of the “Woodland Survival Skills (Bushcraft)” training programmes accredited through the Open College Network East Midlands Region. Woodland Survival Crafts offers a comprehensive range of bushcraft survival courses designed to educate, challenge and inspire both young and old. www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com   (267 words)

Wilderness Survival Guide - Nuclear Survival Radiation exposure can be kept below sickness levels by using a good fallout shelter; by delaying outside activities until decay has reduced the exposure rate; and by limiting the time of exposure on urgent tasks. Radiation sickness is caused from large doses of radiation in a short period of time resulting in sickness and death. Being sick does not indicate that one is necessarily going to die. survivalx.com /survival/nbc_survival/nuclear_survival.html   (267 words)

Mutation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division and by exposure to radiation, chemicals, or viruses, or can occur deliberately under cellular control during the processes such as meiosis or hypermutation. Neutral mutations do not affect the organism's chances of survival in its natural environment and can accumulate over time, which might result in what is known as punctuated equilibrium, a disputed interpretation of the fossil record. Evolutionary biologists have theorized that higher mutation rates are beneficial in some situations, because they allow organisms to evolve and therefore adapt faster to their environments. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mutation   (1429 words)

Heart Failure Death Rates Dropping Although the study authors can't exactly pinpoint the reason for those improved survival rates, evidence suggests that increased use of blood pressure-lowering drugs such as ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers among heart failure patients may have played a role. Researchers found that the number of heart failure deaths has dropped by an average of 12% per decade since 1950 among both men and women. But while the study found that the number of women diagnosed with heart failure has fallen by a third over the past 50 years, there hasn't been any significant reduction in new cases among men. my.webmd.com /content/article/53/50498   (575 words)

Survival - Compare prices and read reviews on Survival music CD CDs album buy - price You can even rate the album Survival and write your own review to tell others how good or bad it is. Welcome to Survival album by on www.nitro-shopping.co.uk the best place to find Survival reviews and compare prices on the CD record. Survival - Compare prices and read reviews on Survival music CD CDs album buy - price www.nitro-shopping.co.uk /Music/SU8/Survival.html   (67 words)

Cultural Survival Cultural Survival sponsors a delegation of eight Dukha from Mongolia at the 3rd International Reindeer Herders Congress through the Totem Peoples Preservation Project. Cultural Survival is the leading U.S.-based international indigenous rights organization. American Indians press the U.S. Senate about the urgent need for increased funding to Indian Health Service and mental health resources to curb the high suicide rate of American Indian teenagers. cs.org /publications/csq/csq_article.cfm?...&issue_id=5   (67 words)

art2.doc This survival rate only depends on the simulated environment encountered along each drift trajectory, hence can be regarded as an index of potential survival. Influence of wind-induced turbulence on survival The negative effect of turbulence caused by strong winds on anchovy larval feeding and survival was shown by Lasker (1978) and Peterman and Bradford (1987) in the California Current and observed by Bergeron (2000) in the Bay of Biscay. Examination of survival mechanisms related to habitat, transport and wind regime The relation between survival and transport was explored using the previous analysis and maps of the drift trajectories of the virtual buoys released from the main spawning grounds over the entire season (i.e. www.spc.org.nc /ftp/test/art2/art2.doc   (3925 words)

Kays' Kids - 92% Survival Rate for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Kays' Kids - 92% Survival Rate for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia The bad news was his was the worst hernia Dr. Kays had ever seen in a baby that survived. He also explained why this was so serious and told us our baby had a 50/50 chance of surviving. www.realhopeforcdh.com /TheKids/LukeFire.html   (2847 words)

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