Meet the editors

Dr. Reynolds's research has focused on mortality and life expectancy in occupational groups (such as professional athletes, astronauts, and fashion models), and of persons with a variety of medical conditions affecting life expectancy, including mental illness, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and has presented papers or posters at professional meetings of academic

organizations, including the American Public Health Association (APHA), the Texas Public Health Association, the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER), the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Research (SPER), and the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). Dr. Reynolds is a member of the American Statistical Association, SER, the Aerospace Medical Association, and a Fellow of the AACPDM.

Dr. Day earned his PhD in applied statistics with substantive field epidemiology from the University of California at Riverside in 2001. He is the President and CEO of Mortality Research & Consulting, Inc. The company provides expert consulting services related to statistics and epidemiology, primarily focusing on mortality, survival, and life expectancy. Dr. Day has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters related to survival, mortality, life expectancy, and other epidemiological topics. His research has focused on specific occupational cohorts (e.g., professional athletes and astronauts), and on people with mental health issues, developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, epilepsy, and other medical conditions. He is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, the American Statistical Association, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He has presented papers, posters, and instructional courses on the topic of life expectancy and related issues at professional meetings in the US, Canada, and the UK.

Contents

Care Residents

Quality of Life

*by Aborlo Kennedy Nkporbu*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 49**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 83**

Psychotropic Medication Use and Mortality in Long-Term

*Shauna Fossum, Dane Ostrom and Peter Brink*

*by Michael J. Stones, Sarah Worobetz, Jason Randle, Carlina Marchese,* 

Epidemiology and Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Chile

Evidence for the Effectiveness of Soy in Aging and Improving

*by Bahram Herman Arjmandi and Elizabeth Marie Foley*

Impact of Chronic Medical and Neuropsychiatric Illnesses on Quality of Life and Life Expectancy among Patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH)

Crude Birth Rate and Crude Mortality Rate in India: A Case

*by Álvaro Soto, Marcelo Peldoza and Debora Pollak*

of Application of Regression in Healthcare *by Prisilla Jayanthi and Muralikrishna Iyyanki*
