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The value of monitoring mortality for early warning purposes.
The overall objective of this study is to present a statistical method for analyzing mortality data that could, if necessary, trigger an alert. Indeed, given the significant variability...
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Mortality surveillance systems abroad: two examples.
Mortality surveillance is an essential tool for understanding the health status of a population. Several countries have developed real-time surveillance systems. Two examples are briefly...
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The prevalence of end-stage chronic kidney disease treated by dialysis in France in 2003: the national Sros-IRCT survey.
Since the regulatory changes implemented in 2002, the provision of care for end-stage chronic kidney disease—and in particular the number of dialysis stations—must be determined not on...
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Prevalence and evaluation of renal replacement therapy for chronic kidney disease in seven French regions in 2003.
Under the new regulations governing the treatment of chronic kidney disease (Decrees Nos. 2002-1197 and 2002-1198 of September 2002) and the priorities of the 2004 Public Health Act, the...
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Survey of non-infectious disease clusters, France, 1997–2002.
Following investigations conducted by the Environmental Health Department of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) regarding reports of spatio-temporal clusters of...
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Trends and Outlook for Kidney Transplantation in France.
Kidney transplants account for the majority of organ transplants performed in our country: 2,423 of the 3,948 transplants performed in 2004 (61.4%). Kidney transplantation improves both...
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Editorial. How can we make the most of this experience?
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Certification and coding of medical causes of death.
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Controversy: Are Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation Carcinogenic? Perspectives from Experts at the French Academy of Medicine and the French Academy of Sciences.
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Controversy: Are Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation Carcinogenic? Perspectives from experts at Columbia University in New York and the University of California, Berkeley.
