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Therapeutic radiation increases the risk of a subsequent heart attack or stroke by 1.5 to 4 times; [74] the increase depends on the dose strength, volume, and location. Use of concomitant chemotherapy, e.g. anthracyclines, is an aggravating risk factor. [75] The occurrence rate of RT induced cardiovascular disease is estimated between 10% and ...
In 2005, 2,659 Native Americans died of this cause. Heart disease occurs in Native American populations at a rate 20 percent greater than all other United States races. The demographic of Native Americans who die from heart disease is younger than other United States races, with 36% dying of heart disease before age 65. [11]
[10–50]% [7]: 27 Smallpox, Variola major: Viral Unvaccinated 30% [7]: 88 Varicella (chickenpox), in newborns Viral Untreated ≈30% Where the mothers develop the disease between 5 days prior to, or 2 days after delivery. [17]: 110 Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) Viral Untreated 26% Dengue haemorrhagic fever is also known as severe dengue.
According to an article in The Lancet published in November 2014, disorders in those aged 60 years and older represent "23% of the total global burden of disease" and leading contributors to disease burden in this group in 2014 were "cardiovascular diseases (30.3%), malignant neoplasms (15.1%), chronic respiratory diseases (9.5% ...
Females born in the US in 2015 have a life expectancy of 81.6 years, and males 76.9 years; more than three years less and as much as over five years less than people born in Switzerland (85.3 F, 81.3 M) or Japan (86.8 F, 80.5 M) in 2015. [71]
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 15% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [ 5 ]
[8] [78] In the NRG/RTOG 9601 trial, bicalutamide monotherapy significantly increased the risk of grade 3 to 5 cardiovascular incidents after a median 13 years of follow-up. [ 81 ] A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of ADT and risk of cardiovascular death in men with non-metastatic prostate cancer was ...
Traffic congestion occurs when a volume of traffic generates demand for space greater than the available street capacity; this point is commonly termed saturation. Several specific circumstances can cause or aggravate congestion; most of them reduce the capacity of a road at a given point or over a certain length, or increase the number of ...