Posts tagged: 2010
Life expectancy and healthy life years in the European Union, 2008-2010
(INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) "Healthy Life Years" indicates how long people can expect to live without disability. It has been computed annually for each Member State of the European Union since 2005. These figures are released in the framework of the first annual ...
Life expectancy and healthy life years in the European Union, 2008-2010
The HLY (Healthy Life Years) indicates how long people can expect to live without disability. It has been computed annually for each Member State of the European Union since 2005. These figures are released in the framework of the first annual meeting of the European Joint Action on Healthy Life ...
Report: 88 American youths died from work-related injuries in 2010
Dozens of American youth under the age of 20 die on the job each year while thousands more are injured, often due to poorly regulated work environments, according to a new report released by the Colorado School of Public Health.
Unpaid caregivers provided an estimated $202 billion in dementia care in 2010
NPR reports unpaid caregiver costs for those with dementia was an estimated $202 billion in 2010 alone. In other news, the income of Massachusetts' elderly covers only 60 percent of living expenses, and at the Mayo Clinic, researchers are trying to learn more about the effects of old age.
Biometrics Market in India 2010 – 2014
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2012 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biometrics Market in India 2010–2014 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0764720/Biometrics-Market-in-India-2010–2014.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Security_Systems TechNavio's analysts forecast the Biometrics mark...
Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010
One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.
2010 health spending grew slowly
This slowing of health spending brought the rate of growth in line with that of the U.S. economy. The Obama administration pointed to the new figures as evidence that the health law isn't making health care more expensive.
Growth in U.S. Health Spending Stayed Slow in 2010
MONDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- High unemployment, lower incomes, increased cost sharing and a large drop in the number of people with private health insurance limited the growth of health spending in the United States to 3.9 percent in 2010, according to a new study. Those factors meant ...
655,000 malaria deaths in 2010: WHO
Malaria caused the death of an estimated 655,000 people last year, with 86 percent of victims children aged under five, World Health Organisation figures showed on Tuesday.
Global health R&D funding from wealthy nations fell 6% in 2010, annual G-FINDER report finds
"A group that tracks funding for neglected diseases released its fourth annual report Wednesday, showing for the first time since 2007 a decrease in government and public spending in global health research and development," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.
West coast log, lumber exports in first 9 months of 2011 surpass 2010 totals
PORTLAND, Ore. November 21, 2011. Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 already surpass the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station. "The increasing shipments to China ...