Increasing demand for better quality data and more investment to strengthen civil
registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems will require increased emphasis on objective …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of studies reporting on the validity of International
Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for identifying stroke in administrative data. Methods …

Background Liver cirrhosis is a major yet largely preventable and underappreciated cause
of global health loss. Variations in cirrhosis mortality at the country level reflect differences in …

750 Circulation February 12, 2013 30% of all subjects, these differences crossed a major
disease category. Interestingly, this study confirmed that diseases of the circulatory system …

Objective To evaluate the association between body mass index and mortality from overall
cardiovascular disease and specific subtypes of cardiovascular disease in east and south …

China has experienced an epidemiological transition shifting from the infectious to the
chronic diseases in much shorter time than many other countries. The pace and spread of …

Background Hypertension is a major global-health challenge because of its high prevalence
and concomitant risks of cardiovascular disease. We estimated premature deaths …

Background: Asian populations habitually consume a large amount of cruciferous
vegetables and other plant-based foods. Few epidemiologic investigations have evaluated …

Background Findings from studies done over the past 20 years suggest that mortality from
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is decreasing worldwide, but little …

For many people, awareness of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems is limited
to their own personal experience of registering a birth or death, applying for a copy of a birth …