After moving moderately lower to start the new week yesterday, mortgage rates backtracked ever-so-slightly today. Top tier conventional 30yr fixed rates remain just under 7% for the average lender.

The study found that the rate of pregnancy-related deaths rose from 25.3 per 100,000 live births in 2018 to a peak of 44.1 in 2021, coinciding with the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Comparing pregnancy-related mortality rates from 2017 to 2019 (before the pandemic) to 2020 (when the pandemic first took hold), the rate for non-Hispanic whites rose 28%, while the rates in other ...

The firearm-related rate for women in 2022 was two deaths per 100,000. Meanwhile, the firearm-related rate for men in 2022 was 13.5. Stock photo.

The study also noted a low number of PE-related in-hospital deaths (0.16 per 100,000 people), and when split by age, those aged younger than 1 year had a heightened rate (0.7 per 100,000 people).

For patients ages 40-49, cancer treatment rates increased 18.2% for colorectal cancer, 11.2% for cancers of the digestive system and 8% for HPV-related cancers between 2016 and 2023.

The alcohol-related death rate in Tennessee increased 98% from 2012 to 2022, compared to the U.S. average of 70%, according to data from KFF.

Research from Des Moines University has found cancers related to HPV — the human papillomavirus — are rising faster in rural areas. The study looked at HPV-related cancer rates in Iowa and 19 ...

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