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While the
incidence
of skin cancer has risen dramatically, so has our understanding of its causes.
Creating a culture of cave dwellers is no way to decrease the
incidence
of skin cancer.
In developed countries, the routine testing of older pregnant women, combined with the availability of abortion, has significantly reduced the
incidence
of conditions like Down syndrome.
And, as the population ages and the
incidence
of chronic disease rises, the problem will only get worse if it is not addressed.
Mosquito nets and effective medication could halve the
incidence
of malaria and would cost $13 billion.
His campaign has already helped to reduce the
incidence
of malaria.
Globalization also does little to eliminate the high
incidence
of disease linked to tropical climate.
In the run-up to the crisis, there are no recorded negative real returns on government bonds; since the crisis, the
incidence
of negative returns increases and has remained high.
Models shows global warming will increase the
incidence
of malaria by about 3% by the end of the century, because mosquitoes are more likely to survive when the world gets hotter.
Strong carbon cuts could avert about 0.2% of the malaria
incidence
in a hundred years.
From 2010 to 2015, as part of the global Millennium Development Goals, the continent reduced the malaria
incidence
rate (the number of new infections) by 21% and malaria deaths by 31%.
The
incidence
of bribery was high, with a staggering 42% of reported bribes paid to the judiciary.
Indicators to be measured include not just rates of obesity, high blood pressure, and
incidence
of disease and related costs, but also absenteeism, school grades and graduation rates, employment statistics, accidents, and the like.
As the world’s population ages, the
incidence
of NCDs is expected to rise, accounting for 52 million deaths annually by 2030.
From an epidemiological perspective, NCD prevalence is determined by the difference between the rate at which previously healthy people become ill (incidence) and the rate at which ill people either recover or die (from any cause).
So, contrary to popular belief, the
incidence
of most NCDs other than diabetes has actually been falling.
Nevertheless, NCD prevalence has increased, because improvements in survival have outpaced reductions in
incidence.
A greater focus on prevention can both reduce the
incidence
of NCDs and ensure that those cases that continue to occur will tend to be less severe and will progress more slowly, allowing scope for inexpensive but effective treatment in primary-care settings.
Both mechanisms – lower
incidence
and lesser severity – will contribute to a smaller disease “footprint,” even as NCD prevalence continues to rise.
Initiatives that encourage people to exercise regularly can help to reduce the
incidence
of strokes, cancer, and depression, resulting in higher productivity and lower health-care costs.
We know that dissemination of mosquito nets and malaria prevention programs could cut malaria
incidence
in half by 2015 for about $3 billion annually – less than 2% of the cost of Kyoto.
Although fewer people in developing countries live to the age at which cancer is most prevalent, inadequate nutrition and environmental exposures to viruses and toxins, combined with a paucity of diagnostic and treatment options, increase cancer’s
incidence
and lethality.
The
incidence
of malaria could be reduced drastically by the judicious application of the mosquito-killing chemical DDT, but UN and national regulators have curtailed its availability, owing to misguided notions about its toxicity.
Vaccines to prevent hepatitis A and B (and C, when one becomes available) reduce the
incidence
not only of the viral infections, but also of sequelae such as cirrhosis and hepatic carcinoma.
Proponents also contend that the two-decade decline in the overall
incidence
of deaths from prostate cancer is the result of increasingly widespread PSA testing.
Smaller differences in educational attainment between men and women are strongly correlated with higher status for girls and women, which helps to reduce the
incidence
of sex-selective abortions, child marriage, and violence from an intimate partner.
Not surprisingly, the
incidence
of cholera is highest in Haiti’s slums and rural areas, where people are farthest from assistance.
In the camps where an estimated 1.3 million took refuge after this year’s earthquake, ironically,
incidence
is relatively low.
Brazil also needs budgetary space to accommodate needed investment in social infrastructure, especially sanitation and basic health-care facilities, in order to reduce the
incidence
of infectious diseases.
Approximately one-third of children in the poorest countries are malnourished, and thereby at risk of much greater
incidence
of infectious disease, learning disorders, and other maladies.
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