Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data ...

The U.S. maternal mortality rate fell to 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, statistically similar to the 2023 rate of 18.6 per 100,000, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

Infant mortality in the US has been generally trending down since at least 1995, when consistent tracking started, but rates are still much higher in the US than they are in many peer nations. There ...

A recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal examined the impact of alcohol control policies on all-cause mortality between 2001 and 2020. Study: Alcohol control policies reduce ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Worldwide, case-mix adjusted survival has improved for patients on hemodialysis. Practices such as reducing ...

We extracted country-specific incidence and mortality rates for 33 cancers from 185 countries using data from Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) 2020. Mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs) were ...

Targeting a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg was associated with a 21% decreased risk of all-cause mortality among patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease, a meta-analysis found. An ...

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ranks Tennessee number one for its maternal mortality rate from 2018 to 2022. According to the report, there were 166 ...