People
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- PEOPLE. // Background Notes on Countries of the World: Kingdom of Thailand;1/28/2011, p3
The article focuses on the people of Thailand. The Thai population continues to grow with a third living in urban areas such as Bangkok. It states that 12 percent of Thais are of Chinese heritage while the rest are Khmer, Mon, and Vietnamese. Information on the effects of the successful...
- Trends in European life expectancy: a salutary view. Leon, David A // International Journal of Epidemiology;Apr2011, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p271
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- Population health. More than the sum of the parts? Reidpath, Daniel D. // Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health;Oct2005, Vol. 59 Issue 10, p877
The past decade has seen an upsurge of interest in the development of summary measures of population health. Almost invariably the measures have relied on rolling up individual level health data such as mortality data or life expectancy data. The approach, however, of treating population health...
- Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States. Murray, Christopher J. L.; Kulkarni, Sandeep C.; Michaud, Catherine; Tomijima, Niels; Bulzacchelli, Maria T.; Iandiorio, Terrell J.; Ezzati, Majid // PLoS Medicine;Sep2006, Vol. 3 Issue 8, pe260
Background:The gap between the highest and lowest life expectancies for race-county combinations in the United States is over 35 y. We divided the race-county combinations of the US population into eight distinct groups, referred to as the "eight Americas," to explore the causes of the...
- Health in Urban Places report released by CIHI. // Active Living;Mar2007, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p8
The article focuses on the report "Improving the Health of Canadians: An introduction to health in urban places," released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The report, which used census data and information from the Canadian Community Health Survey, explores differences in the...
- Louisiana life expectancy ranks No. 49 in nation. // New Orleans CityBusiness (1994 to 2008);9/18/2006, Vol. 27 Issue 12, p11
The article reports that Louisiana residents rank No. 49 in life expectancy behind Mississippi and Washington D.C. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, the life expectancy of the residents in Louisiana is 74.2 years, Mississippi is at 73.6 followed by the District of Columbia at 72...
- People. // Albania Country Review;2001/2002, p9
Provides information about the people in Albania. Approximate size of the population; Types of the religious affiliations; Life expectancies of the male and female Albanians.
- People. // Tonga Country Review;2001/2002, p9
Provides information pertaining to the people of Tonga. Ethnicity; Population; Languages; First settlers; Life expectancy at birth; Mortality rate.
- People. // Armenia Country Review;2001/2002, p9
Discusses the features and characteristics of Armenians. Total population of Armenia; Languages; Life expectancy of Armenians.
