Estimating mortality and causes of death in Turkey: methods, results and policy implications (2007)
Akgun, S., Rao, C., Yardim, N., Basara, B. B., Aydin, O., Mollahaliloglu, S., ...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics are primary evidence for health policy formulation, programme evaluation, and epidemiological research. In Turkey, a partially functioning vital...
Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities (2007)
Mahapatra, P, Shibuya, K, Lopez, AD, Coullare, F, Notzon, FC, Rao, C, ...
Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China (2007)
Rao, C, Yang, G, Hu, J, Ma, J, Xia, W, Lopez, AD.
BACKGROUND: National vital registration systems are the principal source of cause specific mortality statistics, and require periodic validation to guide use of their outputs for health policy and...
Evaluation of the quality of cause of death statistics in rural China using verbal autopsies (2007)
Wang, L, Yang, G, Jiemin, M, Rao, C, Wan, X, Dubrovsky, G, ...
BACKGROUND: Death registration systems in rural China are in a developmental stage. The Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) system provides the only nationally representative information on causes of...
Civil Registration Systems and Vital Statistics: Successes and Missed Opportunities (2007)
Mahapatra, P., Shibuya, K., Lopez, A.D., Coullare, F., Notzon, F.C., Rao, C., ...
Vital statistics generated through civil registration systems are the major source of continuous monitoring of births and deaths over time. The usefulness of vital statistics depends on their...
Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China (2007)
Rao, C., Yang, G., Hu, J., Ma, J., Xia, W., Lopez, A. D.
BACKGROUND: National vital registration systems are the principal source of cause specific mortality statistics, and require periodic validation to guide use of their outputs for health policy and...
Setting international standards for verbal autopsy (2007)
Baiden, F., Bawah, A., Biai, S., Binka, F., Boerma, T., Byass, P., ...
Evaluation of the Quality of Cause of Death Statistics in Rural China Using Verbal Autopsies (2007)
Wang, L., Yang, G., Jiemin, M., Rao, C., Wan, X., Dubrovsky, G., ...
BACKGROUND: Death registration systems in rural China are in a developmental stage. The Disease Surveillance Points (DSP) system provides the only nationally representative information on causes of...
Estimating Mortality and Causes of Death in Turkey: Methods, Results and Policy Implications (2007)
Akgun, S., Rao, C., Yardim, N., Basara, B. B., Aydin, O., Mollahaliloglu, S., ...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics are primary evidence for health policy formulation, programme evaluation, and epidemiological research. In Turkey, a partially functioning vital...
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China (2006)
Yang, GH, Rao, C, Ma, JM, Wang, LJ, Wan, X, Dubrovsky, G, ...
Background. Vital registration of causes of death in China is incomplete with poor coverage of medical certification. Information on the leading causes of mortality will continue to rely on verbal...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections (2006)
Lopez, A. D., Shibuya, K., Rao, C., Mathers, C. D., Hansell, A. L., Held, L. S., ...
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China (2006)
Yang, G., Rao, C., Ma, J., Wang, L., Wan, X., Dubrovsky, G., ...
BACKGROUND: Vital registration of causes of death in China is incomplete with poor coverage of medical certification. Information on the leading causes of mortality will continue to rely on verbal...
Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries (2006)
Setel, P. W., Rao, C., Hemed, Y., Whiting, D. R., Yang, G., Chandramohan, D., ...
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where the highest disease burdens are experienced. Neither facility-based information systems...
Design options for sample-based mortality surveillance (2005)
Begg, S., Rao, C., Lopez, A. D.
Background Reliable information on causes of death is a fundamental component of health development strategies, yet globally only about one-third of countries have access to such information. For...
Rao, C, Lopez, AD, Yang, GH, Begg, S, Ma, JM
Mortality statistics systems provide basic information on the levels and causes of mortality in populations. Only a third of the world's countries have complete civil registration systems that yield...
Mathers, C. D., Fat, D. M., Inoue, M., Rao, C., Lopez, A. D.
Objective We sought to assess the current status of global data on death registration and to examine several indicators of data completeness and quality. Methods We summarized the availability of...
Mortality registration and surveillance in China: History, current situation and challenges (2005)
Yang, G., Hu, J., Rao, K. Q., Ma, J., Rao, C., Lopez, A. D.
BACKGROUND: Mortality statistics are key inputs for evidence based health policy at national level. Little is known of the empirical basis for mortality statistics in China, which accounts for...
Rao, C., Bradshaw, D., Mathers, C. D.
Cause of death data from vital records are the principal source for population level assessment of the magnitude and rank order for the disease specific mortality. Such assessments provide...
Schymeinsky,J., Nedbal,S., Miosge,N., Poschl,E., Rao,C., Beier,D. R., ...
Nidogens are highly conserved proteins in vertebrates and invertebrates and are found in almost all basement membranes. According to the classical hypothesis of basement membrane organization,...
Clinical Diagnostic Systems: Technologies and Instrumentation (2002)
Kagan, M., Trainer, M.N., Bendele, T., Rao, C., Horton, A., Tibbe, A.G.J., ...
Celltracks cytometer for rare cell detection (2002)
Trainer, M.N., Horton, A., Bendele, T., Rao, C., Paynter, D., Kagan, M., ...
CellTracks cell analysis system for rare cell detection (2002)
Kagan, M., Trainer, M.N., Bendele, T., Rao, C., Paynter, D., Tibbe, A.G.J., ...
Cell Analysis System Based on Compact Disk Technology (2002)
Tibbe, A.G.J., Grooth, B.G. De, Greve, J., Rao, C., Dolan, G.J.
Magnetic Field Design for Selecting and Aligning Immunomagnetic Labeled Cells (2002)
Tibbe, A.G.J., Grooth, B.G. De, Greve, J., Dolan, G.J., Rao, C.
Schymeinsky, J., Nedbal, S., Miosge, N., Poschl, E., Rao, C., Beier, D. R., ...
Nidogens are highly conserved proteins in vertebrates and invertebrates and are found in almost all basement membranes. According to the classical hypothesis of basement membrane organization,...
Brachial plexus and related lesions after median sternotomy. (1997)
Reddy, K, Satyanarayana, P, Murthy, J, Rao, P, Rao, C, Rama, R, ...
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data
Mathers, CD, Fat, DM, Inoue, M, Rao, C, Lopez, AD
Objective We sought to assess the current status of global data on death registration and to examine several indicators of data completeness and quality. Methods We summarized the availability of...
Setel, PW, Sankoh, O, Rao, C, Velkoff, VA, Mathers, C, Yang, GH, ...
Registration of births, recording deaths by age, sex and cause, and calculating mortality levels and differentials are fundamental to evidence-based health policy, monitoring and evaluation. Yet few...
Evaluating national cause-of-death statistics: principles and application to the case of China
Rao, C, Lopez, AD, Yang, GH, Begg, S, Ma, JM
Mortality statistics systems provide basic information on the levels and causes of mortality in populations. Only a third of the world's countries have complete civil registration systems that yield...
Design options for sample-based mortality surveillance
Background Reliable information on causes of death is a fundamental component of health development strategies, yet globally only about one-third of countries have access to such information. For...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections
Lopez, AD, Shibuya, K, Rao, C, Mathers, CD, Hansell, AL, Held, LS, ...
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China
Yang, GH, Rao, C, Ma, JM, Wang, LJ, Wan, X, Dubrovsky, G, ...
Background. Vital registration of causes of death in China is incomplete with poor coverage of medical certification. Information on the leading causes of mortality will continue to rely on verbal...
Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries
Setel, PW, Rao, C, Hemed, Y, Whiting, DR, Yang, GH, Chandramohan, D, ...
Background Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where the highest disease burdens are experienced. Neither facility-based information systems...
Qazi, Q H, Markouizos, D, Rao, C, Sheikh, T, Beller, E, Kula, R
Three unrelated Puerto Rican boys, ranging in age from 3 to 4 years, had marked, central, non-progressive hypotonia, chronic constipation, severe psychomotor retardation, seizures or abnormal...
Expansions for statistics involving the mean absolute deviations
Mean absolute deviations, Edgeworth expansions, quantiles, linear model, L 1 -norm,