Child mortality in Stockholm during 1885-1910: the impact of household size and number of children in the family on the risk of death from measles

Article Abstract:

Crowding may have a statistically independent effect on the risk of death from measles. The impact of household size and number of children in the family on the risk of death from measles was studied in Stockholm, 1885-1910. Individual entries in a population-based register and on death certificates of those aged 0-15 years in one parish were studied using Cox regression analysis for 1885, 1891 and 1910 to evaluate the hypothesis that overcrowding at the household level is associated with greater mortaility, especially from airborne diseases. Associations with adverse socioecnomic conditions or low age at infection might confound the association. A negative association between the risk of overall death and large household size became significantly positive with control for other risk factors.

Sweden, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Statistics, Children, Measles, Child health, Social classes, Social class, Social economics, Socioeconomics, Crowding (Population density), Crowding stress

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Are long-term hormone replacement therapy users different from short-term and never users?

Article Abstract:

Women who use estrogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for more than a decade may not differ from short-term users or women who never use HRT. Researchers examined the attitudes of 703 menopausal women. Women with a history of more than ten years of HRT were more likely to have had a hysterectomy than short-term users and never users. Positive attitudes towards HRT and encouragement by health providers to use HRT were also found among long-term HRT users.

Psychological aspects, Physiological aspects, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Menopause, Estrogen, Estrogens

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