The first data viz below shows the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with any cancer among blacks and whites in the U.S. by sex. White males have the highest lifetime risk (44.3%), while black women have the lowest risk (36.4%). Black men have the same risk as white women (42.0%). It is important to note that these […]
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine and discussed on Vox, showed that the incidence of thyroid cancer in South Korea has skyrocketed in recent years while mortality from the cancer has remained relatively stable. The figure below shows the relationship between incidence and mortality from thyroid cancer for high-income countries in 2012. While […]
A recent article published in the American Journal of Infection Control found that only 53.9% of nursing home staff in three states (Florida, Georgia and Wisconsin) had been vaccinated against the flu during the 2011-2012 flu season. Low vaccination rates among nursing home staff are of public health concern as they may put many nursing home residents […]