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2. Years of potential life lost - Wikipedia

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   Years of potential life lost (YPLL) or potential years of life lost (PYLL) is an estimate of the average years a person would have lived if they had not died prematurely. [1] It is, therefore, a measure of premature mortality. As an alternative to death rates, it is a method that gives more weight to deaths that occur among younger people.

3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

4. Death clock calculator - Wikipedia

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   While life2vec aims to provide insights into early mortality risks and life trends, it does not predict specific death dates, and it is not publicly available [5] as of 2024. Some media outlets and websites misrepresented the intent of life2vec by calling it a death clock calculator , [ 6 ] leading to confusion and speculation about the ...

5. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   Heart failure is a leading cause of hospital readmissions in the U.S. People aged 65 and older were readmitted at a rate of 24.5 per 100 admissions in 2011. In the same year, heart failure patients under Medicaid were readmitted at a rate of 30.4 per 100 admissions, and uninsured people were readmitted at a rate of 16.8 per 100 admissions.

6. Charlson Comorbidity Index - Wikipedia

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   Since patients often do not know how severe their conditions are, nurses were originally supposed to review a patient's chart and determine whether a particular condition was present in order to calculate the index. Subsequent studies have adapted the comorbidity index into a questionnaire for patients.

7. Life expectancy - Wikipedia

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   Life expectancy development in some big countries of the world since 1960 Life expectancy at birth, measured by region, between 1950 and 2050 Life expectancy by world region, from 1770 to 2018 Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.