The Advocate

Interactive: Compare infant mortality rates in different parishes, states

Louisiana is in the grips of an infant mortality crisis. Babies born here are far more likely to die before their first birthday than those in other states. The death rate for Louisiana infants ...
Infectious Disease Advisor

COVID-19 Mortality Rates Decline but Remain Comparable to Influenza A

Thirty-day COVID-19 mortality rates have declined since 2020 but remain comparable to or slightly higher than influenza A mortality rates in recent years.
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Youth mortality rate widens between US, peer countries, with most deaths among infants

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Excess deaths at age 10 to 19 years increased between 2009 (27.5%) to 2019 (35.8%). More than half of the deaths ...
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Comparative Evaluation of Explainable Machine Learning Versus Linear Regression for Predicting County-Level Lung Cancer Mortality Rate in the United States

This study applied three models—random forest (RF), gradient boosting regression (GBR), and linear regression (LR)—to predict county-level LC mortality rates across the United States. Model ...
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Atrial flutter in a patient population with cancer: Comparison of incidence, mortality, and readmission rates.

Recent trends in incidence, survival and mortality of female breast in the US: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database study 2010-2020. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

Babies are dying at a higher rate in 32505 zip code. What can we do?

Of all the infant deaths in Escambia County's 44 zip codes, 17% come from just one. Here's how health advocates intend to ...
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'It is no wonder' the US has a maternal mortality crisis: Here's why and what can be done

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As many as 80% of maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable. Experts discussed the factors driving the ...