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Family Medicine in the Research Revolution

Richard C. Wender
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2010, 23 (4) 431-439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.04.100111

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    Figure 1.

    Change in US death rates (age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population) from 1991 to 2006. Reprinted from reference 2.

  • Figure 2.
    Figure 2.

    Cancer death rates (age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population) among men in the United States, 1930 to 2005. Reprinted from Cancer Statistics, 2009, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2009, pp 225-49.3 Copyright 2009 American Cancer Society. This material is reproduced with permission of Wiley-Liss, Inc., a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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    Figure 3.

    Cancer death rates (age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population) among women in the United States, 1930 to 2005. Reprinted from Cancer Statistics, 2009, Vol. 59, No. 4, 2009, pp 225-49.3 Copyright 2009 American Cancer Society. This material is reproduced with permission of Wiley-Liss, Inc., a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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    Figure 4.

    NIH funding.6,7

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    Figure 5.

    Number of NIH awards: FY 1995 to 2007. Adapted from reference 10.

  • Figure 6.
    Figure 6.

    Success rates for all competing NIH grants: FY 1995 to 2005. Adapted from reference 10.

Tables

  • Table 1.

    United States Health Report Card

    CountryCause of Mortality
    Life ExpectancyPremature MortalityCancerCirculatory DiseaseDiabetesInfant Mortality
    United StatesDDBDCC
    JapanAAAAAA

    • Adapted from reference 18.

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