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References For Medical Risk Factors

Categories and subcategories are in bold print. Text preceeded by a 4 is a disease or condition.

Demographics

Race

Richards H, Barry R (1998). U.S. life tables for 1990 by sex, race, and education. Journal of Forensic Economics, 11:9-26.

Richards H, Abele JR (1999). Life and worklife expectancies. Tucson: Lawyers & Judges.

National Center For Health Statistics (1997). U.S. decennial life tables for 1 989-1991, volume 1, number 1. Hyattsville, Maryland: Author.

Education

Richards H, Barry R (1998). U.S. life tables for 1990 by sex, race, and education. Journal of Forensic Economics, 11:9-26.

Richards H, Abele JR (1999). Life and worklife expectancies. Tucson: Lawyers & Judges.

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Calle EE et al. (1999). Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults. NEJM 341:1097-1105.

Lifestyle

Smoking

Richards H, Abele JR (1999). Life and worklife expectancies. Tucson: Lawyers & Judges.

Alcohol

Hart C, Smith GD, Hole DJ and Hawthorne VM (1999). Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: Results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up. BMJ 318:1725-9.

Exercise

Kushi LH, Fee RM, Folsom AR, Mink PJ, Anderson KE, Sellers TA (1997). Physical activity and mortality in postmenopausal women. JAMA 277:1287-1292.

Paffenbarger RS et al. (1993). The association of changes in physical-activity level and other lifestyle characteristics with mortality among men. NEJM 328:538-45.

Marital Status

Johnson NJ, Backlund E, Sorlie PD and Loveless, CA (2000). Marital status and mortality: The national longitudinal mortality study. Annals of Epidemiology 10:224-238.

Family History

Hammond EC, Garfinkel L, Seidman, H (1971). Longevity of parents and grandparents in relation to coronary heart disease and associated variables. Circulation 43:31-44.


Diseases & Conditions

Note: Because the documentation for Diseases & Conditions is extensive, and subject to frequent expansion and revision, only an example is shown here. The full version is available as an MS Word file for viewing and/or download:

1. Infectious and parasitic diseases (001-139)

Tuberculosis (010-018)

4Pulmonary tuberculosis (011)

Mitchell RS (1955). Mortality and Relapse of Uncomplicated Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis before Chemotherapy: i, 504 Consecutive Admissions Followed for Fifteen to Twenty-Five Years.