The burden of endometrial cancer is more severe in developed countries, including Germany, where endometrial cancer ranks as the 1st most common gynecological cancer with 10,776 new cases diagnosed in 2008, and ranks as the 3rd most common cause of gynecologic cancer deaths (behind ovarian and cervical cancer) with 1,760 deaths in 2008 [ 2].
Estimates suggest that COPD will become the 3rd most common cause of death in the world and 5th most common cause of illness in the next 20 years [3, 4].
To describe the frequency of diagnostic testing for the 4 most common causes of pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) (drugs, metabolic disease, autoimmune process, and infections) in indeterminate PALF within the PALF Study Group Database.
Fig. 2 Most common causes of injuries by age group Fig. 3 Patients presenting to the hospital from road traffic injuries by type of vehicle and status in vehicle.
Of the 47 serotypes reported, the 4 most common caused 66% of the 403 outbreaks (Enteritidis 144 [36%], Typhimurium 58 [14%], Newport 40 [10%], and Heidelberg 24 [6%]).
It has also been presented as one of the 10 most common causes of sudden death in Jamaica accounting for 2.5% of cases [ 4].
The proportions of hospital days for the 6 most common causes of admission are shown in Figure 2. In 1999, severe malaria accounted for approximately 40% of hospital days and HAT, 30%.
Table 2 presents the relations between IQ and risk of death from all types of unintentional injury, plus the 2 most common causes of such deaths: road injury and poisoning.
According to the hospital's annual reports from 2009 to 2011, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and strokes were among the 10 most common causes of outpatient attendance, admissions and mortality at the hospital.
TBNET consensus statement on the management of patients with MDR/XDR-TB has been released in the Eur Respir J http://ow.ly/uizRD Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and ranks among the 10 most common causes of death worldwide [ 1].
In line with earlier reports (6, 7, 17, 18), the most common cause of hypothyroidism was autoimmune thyroiditis, which was reported in 59% of patients.
