During 2007--2010, CDC expanded surveillance of commercial fishing fatalities to the rest of the country's fishing areas. To review the hazards and risk factors for occupational mortality in the U.S. commercial fishing industry, and to explore how hazards and risk factors differ among fisheries and locations, CDC collected and analyzed data on each fatality reported during 2000--2009. This report summarizes the results.

Frank Keating responds to the SEC's analysis of the life settlement market and the regulatory gaps that could expose investors to a variety of risks.

A large international study has found that 10 risk factors account for 90 percent of all the risk of stroke, with high blood pressure playing the most potent role.

Of that list, five risk factors usually related to lifestyle -- high blood pressure, smoking, abdominal obesity, diet and physical activity -- are responsible for a full 80 percent of all stroke risk, according to the researchers.

Members of some demographic groups in California can expect to live about 20 years longer than members of other demographic groups in that state.

The Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC), Fremont, Calif., discovered the wide variations in average life expectancies while conducting a block-by-block study of the population of California to examine cancer survival rates across the state.

A ground-breaking medical-based approach to quantifying longevity risk that takes account of changing mortality phases was unveiled by Risk Management Solutions (RMS) today. The RMS® Longevity Risk Model examines expected future waves of mortality improvement that depend on changing social patterns, healthcare expenditure, and the development of new medical treatments, as well as historical phases of change. Exploring how transitions occur between the different phases provides companies with a better assessment of longevity risk than conventional models that use forward projections of past statistical trends.

Every 2 years, CDC uses Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to estimate mammography prevalence in the United States. Up-to-date mammography prevalence is calculated for women aged 50--74 years who report they had the test in the preceding 2 years.

A new study of IT spending trends seems to indicate that the departure of these bad times is not yet imminent.

According to the “IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2010/2011” study just released by Computer Economics, there has been no recovery yet in terms of IT operational spending. The study is based on a survey of more than 200 IT executives conducted in the first quarter of 2010, and includes individual chapters for 16 commercial and government sectors, including insurance.