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81. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 23, 2014 - Although the risk for rupture varies greatly by aneurysm size, the associated risk for death is as high … Men Ages 65 to 75 Years Who Have Never Smoked Screening men overall reduces AAA-specific death, rupture … related to elective surgery for AAA is lower than that for death related to emergency surgery for … One study reported that women had a higher risk for death related to AAA surgery than men; death rates … Most ruptures in women occur after age 80 years, when many competing causes of death are present.

82. Screening for HIV: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    June 20, 2019 - Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) substantially reduces the risk for clinical progression or death … AIDS is the sev- enth leading cause of death in persons 15 to 24 years of age and the fifth leading cause … patients with CD4 cell counts less than 0.200 � 109 cells/L, the chance of clinical progression or death … Death from suicide and overdose among drug injectors after disclosure of first HIV test result. … OR appraisal OR (reduction AND risk AND (death OR recurrence))) AND (literature.tw.

83. Recommendation: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 10, 2022 - Death from chronic lower respiratory disease (mostly COPD) is highest in White adults. … Chronic lower respiratory disease, composed mainly of COPD, is the sixth leading cause of death in the … in the US. 3 , 4 Age-adjusted death rates for COPD are higher in men than women. … However, over the last 20 years, the age-adjusted death rate has been declining in men while remaining … The leading causes of death in the US for 2020. JAMA . 2021;325(18):1829-1830. 5.

84. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Lung Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary35/lung-cancer-screening-2004
    May 15, 2004 - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in the United States; in … Lung cancer is the cause of death in more than 90% of affected persons. 19 Survival is directly related … studies include lead-time bias (when the time of diagnosis is advanced by screening but the time of death … After 20 years of followup, lung cancer death rates were 4.4 (95% CI, 3.9-4.9) and 3.9 (95% CI, 3.5-4.4 … Autopsy and cause of death in randomized mammography studies.

85. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 20, 2018 - Melanoma is less common than basal or squamous cell carcinoma but has a much higher death rate. … incidence rates have increased from 1989 to 2014 (from 13.7 to 25.2 cases per 100,000 persons), the death … Melanoma is most frequently diagnosed among adults aged 65 to 74 years; death rates are highest among … One 20-year follow-up study showed no association between skin self-examination and skin cancer death … Although melanoma death rates have remained stable, the increasing number of skin biopsies and rising

86. Screening for Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults, and Older Adults in Primary Care: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - RATIONALE Importance Suicide was the 10th leading overall cause of death in the United States in 2010 … and 1 of the 5 leading causes of death for children, adolescents, and adults aged 10 to 54 years. … years and non-Hispanic white persons older than 18 years have higher-than-average rates of suicide death … Another tool consists of 3 suicide- related items (“thoughts of death,” “wishing you were dead,” and … Suicide is among the 5 leading causes of death in children, adolescents, and adults aged 10 to 54 years

87. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2002
    June 13, 2002 - cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death … randomized controlled trials (RCTs), all using the Hemoccult® test kit, show reductions in risk of death … of any type occurred in 1 in 10,000 examinations; perforation occurred in 1 in 25,000 examinations; death … Death was rare (between 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 27,000) and more likely in symptomatic patients with acute … Protection by endoscopy against death from colorectal cancer. 

88. Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - Obesity is also associated with an increased risk for death, particularly in adults younger than 65 years … The leading causes of death in obese adults include ischemic heart disease, diabetes, respiratory diseases … Weight loss in obese individuals is associated with a lower incidence of health problems and death. … evidence about the effectiveness of these interventions on long-term health outcomes (for example, death … The leading causes of death in obese adults include ischemic heart disease, diabetes, certain types of

89. Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    November 27, 2018 - the short term (<2 years), hospitalizations, child development, school performance, and prevention of death … .2-6 Injuries may include brain injuries, blind- ness, and fractures7 and can lead to disability or death … Death | Four trials of fair quality reported on the outcome of child death (eTable 34 in the Supplement … k Defined as infant death, severe nonaccidental injury, and involuntary foster care placement. … Overall rates of death were low (0% to 3.0%), even though eligible studies included at-risk children.

90. Procedure Manual Appendix VIII. Standardization of Outcome Tables | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 01, 2017 - needed to screen/treat/counsel: Express in outcome terms (e.g., number needed to screen to avert one death

91. USPSTF Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - common type of cancer in the US; however, most skin cancers do not cause serious health problems or death

92. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    sensitivity and specificity and could lead to unnecessary surgery and result in serious harms, including death

93. Recommendation: Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 11, 2022 - Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 19 years. … Suicide completion is defined as a death caused by self-inflicted injurious behavior with the intent … Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 19 years. 3 The rate of suicide … Surveillance for Violent Deaths—National Violent Death Reporting System, 27 States, 2015. … Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System.

94. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - 1 but undiagnosed ruptured aneurysms are probably responsible for many additional cases of sudden death … include increasing age, male gender, and family history of aneurysms. 3 The male to female ratio for death … vascular disease, family history of AAA, hypertension, or smoking) are at highest risk for AAA and death

95. Overdiagnosis in Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2018 - due to prostate cancer before death from another cause and 2) cancer that would never progress no matter … of prostate cancers detected by screening that would not have been clinically detected before the death … A model simply quantifies the probability that death precedes diagnosis at the end of his lead time. … from prostate cancer and death from other causes are independent Lifetime risk of prostate cancer … from prostate cancer and death from other causes are independent PSA grow th is log-linear in age

96. Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 FINAL Recommendations (pdf file)
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    January 16, 2025 - topic to the portfolio, a change in grade, or topics that address the prevention of leading causes of death

97. Archived: Evidence Summary: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2005
    July 05, 2005 - Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) substantially reduces the risk for clinical progression or death … patients with CD4 cell counts less than 0.200 x 10 9 cells/L, the chance of clinical progression or death … Death from suicide and overdose among drug injectors after disclosure of first HIV test result. … Trends in causes of death among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the era of highly … OR appraisal OR (reduction AND risk AND (death OR recurrence))) AND (literature.tw.

98. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2021 - Importance Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and death in the US, resulting … in more than 1 of every 4 deaths.1 Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death and accounts … prevalence of CVD.4 IMPORTANCE Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and death … Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death and accounts for 43% of deaths attributable … from coronary heart dis- ease; ischemic stroke and stroke-related death) as the outcomes of interest

99. Archived: Final Research Plan: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan15/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    September 15, 2013 - unplanned pregnancy, substance use) Mental or physical health symptoms Suicidality or death … pregnancy, substance use) Mental or physical health symptoms KQ 6: Suicidality or death … Death from suicide or other causes Other serious psychiatric events (such as hospitalization

100. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 20, 2018 - Melanoma is less common than basal or squamous cell carcinoma but has a much higher death rate. … incidence rates have increased from 1989 to 2014 (from 13.7 to 25.2 cases per 100,000 persons), the death … Melanoma is most frequently diagnosed among adults aged 65 to 74 years; death rates are highest among … One 20-year follow-up study showed no association between skin self-examination and skin cancer death … Although melanoma death rates have remained stable, the increasing number of skin biopsies and rising