Based on how many of those categories a state's laws covered, the researchers calculated a "legislative strength score, " which they compared with firearm-related mortality rates in all 50 states.
Florida, which is also bucking Medicaid expansion, saw a brief climb in pregnancy-related mortality in 2009 that the CDC ultimately attributed to a spike in flu-associated deaths, likely the swine flu, and women using illicit drugs seeking delayed care.
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Studies of weather-related mortality have found that with heat-related deaths there tends to be a significant level of death "displacement" - put bluntly those who were likely to die anyway simply died sooner, so the period after a heat wave tends to see fewer than average deaths.
According to American Rivers, the National Marine Fisheries service continues to down play the importance of dam removal by underestimating dam-related salmon mortality.
While related hospital mortality rates range from 15 percent to 37 percent, higher where staff is unprepared or untrained, pilot programs have shown the effectiveness of prompt treatment with antibiotics and fluids.
Well over 100 years later, Lifebuoy still saves lives by making handwashing with soap a reality for millions of people reaching over 55 countries including eight out of the 10 countries with the worst childhood mortality related to diarrhea disease.
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Infant mortality is closely related to wealth and consequently an economic crisis will among others lead to a surge in infant mortality, somewhere, in some country down the road.
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As Mr. Rosling visualizes, reduced child mortality is clearly related to lower birth rates, which allows greater focus upon each child, which in turn allows more children to get a higher education and enjoy a higher quality of life.
The rate of mortality from cancers not related to smoking for those between 35 and 69 is actually falling steadily by 15% since 1950.
Nearly half a million Americans die from smoking--related illnesses each year, the biggest reversible mortality statistic in the Western world, yet 46 million adults and 3.2 million teenagers in the U.S. continue to puff away.
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