Congenital heart defects in Europe: prevalence and perinatal mortality, 2000 to 2005.

BACKGROUND: This study determines the prevalence of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), diagnosed prenatally or in infancy, and fetal and perinatal mortality associated with CHD in Europe. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were extracted from the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies central database for 29 population-based congenital anomaly registries in 16 European countries covering 3.3 million births during the period 2000 to 2005. CHD cases (n=26 598) comprised live births, fetal deaths from 20 weeks gestation, and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly (TOPFA). The average total prevalence of CHD was 8.0 per 1000 births, and live birth prevalence was 7.2 per 1000 births, varying between countries. The total prevalence of nonchromosomal CHD was 7.0 per 1000 births, of which 3.6% were perinatal deaths, 20% prenatally diagnosed, and 5.6% TOPFA. Severe nonchromosomal CHD (ie, excluding ventricular septal defects, atrial septal defects, and pulmonary valve stenosis) occurred in 2.0 per 1000 births, of which 8.1% were perinatal deaths, 40% were prenatally diagnosed, and 14% were TOPFA (TOPFA range between countries 0% to 32%). Live-born CHD associated with Down syndrome occurred in 0.5 per 1000 births, with > 4-fold variation between countries. CONCLUSION: Annually in the European Union, we estimate 36 000 children are live born with CHD and 3000 who are diagnosed with CHD die as a TOFPA, late fetal death, or early neonatal death. Investing in primary prevention and pathogenetic research is essential to reduce this burden, as well as continuing to improve cardiac services from in utero to adulthood.

Smart News, Issue 7, Fall, 2001

Newsletter for Economic Development

IDED Tools and Trends, Fall 2002

Newsletter for Economic Development

IDED Tools and Trends, Fall 2003

Newsletter for Economic Development

Lung cancer mortality in European men: Trends and predictions.

Lung cancer mortality in men from the European Union (EU) peaked in the late 1980s at an age-standardised (world standard population) rate over 53/100,000 and declined subsequently to reach 44/100,000 in the early 2000s. To provide a comprehensive picture of recent trends in male lung cancer mortality in Europe, we analyzed available data from the World Health Organization up to 2009 and predicted future rates to 2015. Lung cancer mortality rates in EU men continued to fall over recent years, to reach a value of 41.1/100,000 in 2005-2009. The fall was similar at all-ages and in middle-aged men (less than 2% per year over most recent years), but was appreciably larger in young men (aged 20-44years, over 5% per year). A favourable trend is thus likely to be maintained in the foreseeable future, although the predicted overall EU rate in 2015 is still over 35/100,000, i.e., higher than the US rate in 2007 (33.7/100,000). Over most recent calendar years, overall male lung cancer rates were around 35-40/100,000 in western Europe, as compared to over 50/100,000 in central and eastern Europe. Within western Europe, lung cancer rates were lower in northern countries such as Sweden, but also Finland and the UK (below 30/100,000), where the tobacco-related epidemic started earlier and rates have long been declining, whereas mortality was high in Belgium (51.6), France (42.3), the Netherlands and Spain (around 43.0), where the epidemic started later but is persisting. Widespread measures for smoking control and cessation in middle-aged European men, i.e., in the generations where smoking prevalence used to be high, would lead to appreciable reductions in male lung cancer mortality in the near future. This is particularly urgent in central and eastern European countries.

Iowa Aviation Bulletin, Fall 2002

Quarterly newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation that contains information of interest to aviation-related persons and organizations.

Research News, Fall 2003

Newsletter for Iowa Department of Transportation

Iowa Aviation Bulletin, Fall 2003

Quarterly newsletter published by the Iowa Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation that contains information of interest to aviation-related persons and organizations.

Budget Report Fiscal Year 2005

Budget from the Governor's Office

Incidencia y características de las agudizaciones asmáticas en 2005 y 2011 en Barcelona (ASMAB III y IV).

Conocer nuevamente la tasa de agudizaciones asmáticas en una población determinada así como sus características clínicas puede contribuir a acotar con mayor precisión los factores desencadenantes sobre los que incidir así como a ajustar mejor los tratamientos a instaurar. Así mismo haber estudiado las mismas características clínicas además de los tratamientos de base de los pacientes y los tratamientos administrados durante la exacerbación y alta en una misma población, con un intervalo de 6 años puede ayudarnos a comprender la aplicabilidad y a realizar una monitorización real del uso del tratamiento en nuestra sociedad.

Report of Recommendations to the State University of Iowa, June 30, 2005

State University Audit Report

Fremont County, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2005

County Audit Report

The Iowa African-American Journal, Spring/Fall 2001, Vol. 7, no. 1

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans