“Some of my colleagues at the Department of Sociology in Helsinki wonder whether it is meaningful to study mortality differences. After all, the death rate is the same for everyone: one death per person” (Valkonem 1993)[1] Henry Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009), First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world, was an anomaly. Supercentenarians themselves are rare, of course, but male ones are particularly so[2]. However, it is not merely amongst the
Fundamentals of Clinical Dentistry: Intro to Indices and Charting Specific Objectives: 1) Define the purpose of dental indices, such as DMF-T, DMF-S, Gingival Inflammation Index and Plaque Index. Dental indices are important tools used in examinations to provide a numeric score that quantifies the magnitude of the disease measured. DMF-T: The number of teeth that are decayed, missing, or filled, the DMFT index, is a total score of all affected teeth and provides a caries experience score for
Autism is a complex condition that lacks an established method of prevention thus there is a need for research to identify its possible causative factors. Identification of environmental factors is the first step in preventing and mitigating risks by primary prevention. [1] Statistical estimates show that one out of every 88 individuals in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism. The condition may be defined as a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder that first becomes prevalent in an individual during his/her
moment to announce we have begun two specialized healthcare units. These are the Surgical Extended Care Unit (SECU) and the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Bay (OPAT Bay) – both of these units will help provide our patients with quality medical services
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE: A Scoping Report: Burundi Introduction: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) endeavours to ensure that everyone obtains the health care that they need, but that it is affordable to everyone. Simultaneously, the health care received by citizens must be of a good quality, according the WHO. Universal Health Coverage is divided by the World Health Organisation into two components: Health Service Coverage and Financial Risk Protection, of which there are numerous indicators used
Woneata Stallworth Community Nutrition Final Paper 3/31/14 Introduction: Brazil is transitioning from a country that mainly has an underweight population to more of the population becoming obese. This problem is commonly known as the double burden of malnutrition. Historically in Brazil your level of income has determined your obesity. That is no longer the case as more and more low-income people become obese. In a survey conducted in 1975 there were 2 cases of underweight to 1 case of overweight
are the result of a protein not doing its job or doing its job incorrectly. What does the protein whose malfunction is responsible for causing the disease do when functioning normally? Be SPECIFIC with your answer. Any technical terms, jargon or medical vocabulary should be accompanied by an explanation or definition not containing technical terms. Your explanation should make sense to a high school student. ***Make sure you carefully examine the resources provided for your specific genetic disease
Epidemiology of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating disease to the individuals and families it affects. Despite the incidence of schizophrenia being relatively low schizophrenia is also a major contributor to the global burden of disease. This substantial burden stems from two critical features, the early onset of the disorder and the large proportion of individuals who experience persisting or fluctuating incapacitating symptoms despite receiving treatments. Individuals diagnosed
with have a tremendous financial impact throughout the world. The study has identified several risk factors associated with increased disability incidence, several of which may be modifiable. This is especially critical, as CHF is the most expensive medical illness in the United States and represents over 5% of the total health care budget48. With the prevalence and incidence of CHF rapidly rising in the United States49, it will be critical to prepare for the dramatic increase in disability as a result
was a perfect example of statistical research. Statistics is used all the time in any medical career! It is used for success rates in procedures, success rates in medicine, and the possibilities of side effects in medicine.
administrative decision within the healthcare field. The collection of meaningful statistics is an important function of any hospital or clinic. “Quantitative research guides health care decision makers with statistics--numerical data collected from measurements or observation that describe the characteristics of specific population samples. Descriptive statistics summarize the utility, efficacy and costs of medical goods and services. Increasingly, health care organizations employ statistical analysis
My health profession is focus on biostatistics. Biostatistics is a branch science of statistics, which is a core discipline in public health. It focuses on developing and applying the statistical techniques and methods to analyzed data to extract necessary information. Its interesting area does not limits to biological science, the research work covers medicine, pharmacy, public health and agriculture.[Wikipedia] As an integral part of public health, biostatistics is responsible for understanding
when they hear Florence Nightingale think about her as a nurse and for her fight for better hospital care. Florence did a lot more in her life than achieve better hospital conditions, and become a nurse. She was a brilliant mathematician, and used statistics to apply them to achieve her reforms. Florence was a well-educated woman in a number of fields other than math; she had been educated in history, economics, astronomy, science, philosophy, and a number of languages. Her mother taught her how to
Abortion is a controversial issue in the today’s society. There are many opinions on the view of abortion, whether it’s positive or negative depending on the individuals’ perspective. First of all what is Abortion? Abortion is a medical process where the foetus is removed or terminated from the womb of the mother before it is born. The reason why I chose the topic abortion is because I was fascinated to hear that an estimated 80,000 - 90,000 surgical abortions are performed in Australia each year
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Two of the most useful types of statistics are known as descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics is the term that is used to describe the analysis done to summarize the data from a population in a meaningful way; typically, through graphs and charts. On the other hand, inferential statistics is a way of making generalizations about a population of interest from a small sample size (Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, n.d.). Probability Theory
The first law of geography states that “Everything is related to everything else but near things are more related than distant things” (Tobler, 1970 p236). In statistics, we call this phenomenon as spatial autocorrelation. In general sense, we can define the spatial autocorrelation as the extent to which objects or activities in the geographical proximity are related to other objects or activities on the surface of earth. In spatial analysis, we are dealing with information that is quite distinct
means of two or more groups, and calculate the correlation between two variables. The things that team D struggled with this week was computing a significance level into a numeric form when conducting a test hypothesis, and using the math side of statistics to answer real life calculations given in the Math Lab. The Steps in Testing a Research Hypothesis The team had an easier time understanding hypothesis; research and testing. In our readings this week it was explained that are five steps to follow
was reported approximately 34% in the Lower Hunter Valley region of Maitland City by Australian Bureau of Statistics in last ten years from 2001 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012). According to ABS of 2012, the total population of local Maitland residents was 71,866. Among the overall population males and female numbers were 35,617 and 36,239 respectively (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2012). Population Projection by NSW Government: NSW Government was released the population projection news
do inferential statistics allow you to infer? Inferential statistics establish the methods for the analyses used for conclusions drawing conclusions beyond the immediate data alone concerning an experiment or study for a population built on general conditions or data collected from a sample (Jackson, 2012; Trochim & Donnelly, 2008). With inferential statistics, you are trying to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone. For instance, we use inferential statistics to try to infer
analysis is a crucial statistics tool to estimate the relationship between variables. Usually, the estimator indicates the causality between one variable and the other (A Sykes, 1993) (e.g the product price and its demand quantity). This report will analyzes the product ‘Supa-clean’, a new cleaning agent in Cleano-max PLC, though two model: a demand function and a multivariate demand function. After analysing the estimator, the weakness and the room of improvement of this statistics tool will be discussed