Vocational training schemes in south London have been improved
Year: 1996
Type: letter
Abstract: deaths due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys during the 15 years 1979-93 show a significant excess in 1992 (x2= 11-67, P< 0-01) and the interval 1987-93 (X2=4-29) P<0 05).The age adjusted mortality rose by 30%, from 0-6 to 0-8 deaths per million.Deaths from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the two intervals 1979-85 and 1987-93 can also, however, be viewed as two samples taken from a common distribution, with the earlier sample being less complete than the later.The difference between the two distributions of cumulative mortality was minimal (X2=0*151, df= 16, P>0999), and a two by two analysis of the proportion of deaths below age 45 during the two intervals (8-8% and 11% respectively) did not show a significant difference (X2=O26l1 df=1, P=0-61).
Source: BMJ
Authors: Richard Savage, John Hitchens, David Misslebrook
Institution: St Thomas' Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2001020016