Death comes to us all at a rate a little less than 1% per year in the USA (0.877% or 1-in-114).For a US population of more than 270 million people, there arearound 2.5 million deaths annually.Annual mortality rates vary with ageand generally increase with age.However, death rate does decline after the first year,which is relatively risky for infants.Causes of death vary with age also.The overall top...
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’s Hajipur awarded death sentence to three persons for burning to death a woman, her two daughters and three sons over a property dispute in Vaishali district nearly four years ago.Additional Sessions Judge Upendra Bhushan Mishra found the trio guilty of burning to death Baby Devi, wife of Vijendra Mahato, their two daughters and three sons at Rampur Shyamchand area onThe three, who were neighbours...
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Officials from various departments were sensitised on the seriousness to be shown on Birth and Death registrations at a meeting chaired by District Collector P. Umanath on Saturday.The meeting was presided by District Revenue Officer and District Births and Deaths Registrar, S. Moorthy and Assistant Director of Health Services, P. Duraisamy, Tahsildars, Regional Director of Municipal Administration,...
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Seventeen swine flu deaths, 15 of them from Rajasthan, were reported Monday, taking the country's toll to 502, health department officials said here.While one death was reported Monday in Rajasthan, the rest 14 had occurred in the state earlier.With these 15 deaths, the toll has jumped to 17 in Rajasthan where 101 people have been tested positive for the contagious flu so far."State health authorities...
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Three more H1N1 victims succumbed to the virus on Monday, Oct 27 across India. With these new Swine flu fatalities, the country's death toll stands at 447.While two out of the three deaths were reported from Maharahstra, the third case was reported from Haryana, the health ministry said.68 fresh cases of infection were detected across the country, out of which Kerala recorded the highest number of...
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Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death. Analyses of 17 placebo-controlled trials (modal duration of 10 weeks), largely in patients taking atypical antipsychotic drugs, revealed a risk of death in drug-treated patients of between 1.6 to 1.7 times the risk of death in placebo-treated patients. Over the course of a typical 10-week...
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India's Swine Flu death toll has now surpassed the 500 mark with 17 new fatalities reported on Monday, Nov 9.Out of the 17 H1N1 deaths, 15 were reported from Rajasthan, along with one death each from Kerala and Orissa taking the total toll to 502."State health authorities of Rajasthan have communicated 14 deaths of laboratory confirmed cases from the various districts of Rajasthan," said an health...
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Swine flu cases in India hits a new high by crossing 15,000 mark with over 150 cases of H1N1 infection being detected across the country. Apart from this, six swine flu deaths reported on Thursday, Nov 12 has taken India's death toll to 514.A record 154 new cases were reported across India, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious flu to 15,016, health authorities announced.Out...
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: Fresh landslides and incidents of wall collapse claimed 22 more deaths in Nilgiris district, as the toll in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu mounted to 68 this morning.The toll which stood at 42 yesterday went up to 68 with 26 fresh deaths reported since last night from Nilgiris, Villuppuram, Tirunelveli and Vellore districts.Reports received at the police headquarters here said, of the total...
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A child from Lanarkshire has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government has confirmed.Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the youngster had an underlying health condition.The child's death brings the total number of H1N1-related deaths in Scotland to 35.Ms Sturgeon said: "Any death is a tragedy for family and friends but even more so when a child is involved. My heart goes out to the...
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