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Childhood acute myeloid leukaemia burden fell 37-42% globally 1990-2021
Between 1990 and 2021, global incidence of acute myeloid leukaemia in people aged 0–19 fell by 37%, mortality by 40% and disability-adjusted life years by 42%, according to Global Burden of Disease data for 204 countries.
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Life expectancy rose faster in countries hit harder by 2008 recession
Life expectancy increased faster in European countries where unemployment rose most after 2008, such as Greece and Spain, than in less-affected ones such as Germany, and the faster improvement persisted through 2019.
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Post-mortem investigation traces nearly four in five stillbirths to asphyxia or hypoxia
Investigation of 8,500 stillbirths and child deaths in seven high-mortality countries, using minimally invasive tissue sampling, laboratory testing and verbal autopsy, attributed 79.1% of stillbirths to perinatal asphyxia or hypoxia.
