Young men more likely to die in summer: Study
A
recent research has found that young men are more likely to die in the summer
season.
The
study pertains to the young men living in the US and was published in eLife.
The trend is just one of several highlighted in an analysis spanning nearly
four decades, which will help inform public health strategies to reduce deaths
now and in the future.
Robbie
Parks, lead author of the study said, "It is well established that death
rates vary throughout the year, but there is limited information on how this
seasonality varies by local climate and how it has changed over time for different
diseases and at different ages. In this study, we set out to
comprehensively characterize the patterns of death over different time periods
and geographical areas to understand when and where death rates are at their
highest and lowest."
The
study used data on 85,854,176 deaths in the US between 1980 and 2016 from the
vital registration. It was analysed using a technique called wavelet analysis,
where death rates are studied through a kind of 'moving window' over time,
revealing changes. Read
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