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In China, cardiovascular-related deaths account for 44.3% of total mortality, with a worrying trend toward younger individuals 2 .

This heralds a worrying trend in Malaysia since at present more than a quarter of its population is aged 15 and below [ 35 ].

However, Gram-negative organisms are becoming more prevalent, with a worrying trend towards resistant organisms.

In countries with higher socioeconomic status, the last three decades have witnessed a reduction in mortality rates related to CVD in women; however, there is still a worrying trend towards an increase in the number of myocardial infarctions, especially in young women ( 4 ).

A senior consultant described: “What I can see is a worrying trend with more admissions under compulsory psychiatric care, increased pressure, and a minor system collapse that risks undermining the protective factors that have previously been important for preventing the need for coercive measures.

Introduction The rising number of cases with cancer in modern society is a worrying trend.

D IABETES: A N E VER-INCREASING P UBLIC H EALTH B URDEN Globally, the number of people with diabetes continues to rise year on year, providing a major challenge to public health and an enormous economic burden.[ 1 , 4 ] The International Diabetes Federation estimates 382 million people globally had diabetes in 2013, with more than 160 million from China and India alone.[ 4 ] T2D accounts for approximately 90% of all cases worldwide, and a worrying trend is the increasing diagnosis of T2D in children and adolescents.[ 5 ] In addition to economic development, rapid transitions to Western lifestyles, and increasing obesity rates,[ 4 , 6 ] other more inherent reasons might explain the escalating burden of T2D in regions such as Asia.[ 2 , 7 , 8 , 9 ,

The African countries show a more mixed tendency, but there is a worrying trend of an increasing consumption in several low- and middle-income countries in South-East Asia and the Pacific Region, most likely as a result of the economic development [ 13 , 21 ].

4 , 8 There is a worrying trend that a higher proportion of patients with HF are diagnosed during a hospitalisation, rather than in the community. 9 This likely represents a missed opportunity to diagnose and initiate treatment before a patient deteriorates to the point of requiring hospitalisation.

For instance, in Emergency Medicine, only 30% (304 contracts) of the 1020 positions offered were filled in 2024, 2 highlighting a worrying trend that threatens the future of essential healthcare services.

Research shows that some PF indicators for Chinese college students are lower than that of secondary school students [ 17 ], which is a worrying trend.

However, in the two longitudinal studies identified, there was a worrying trend of declining attitudes towards communication as students progressed through their training, particularly in the clinical setting ( Givron & Desseilles, 2021 ; Rosenbaum, 2017 ).

Studies have revealed a worrying trend, such as the annually increasing proportion of CRC cases diagnosed in individuals under 50 years old, with a tendency toward late-stage diagnosis, despite recent declines in the overall incidence and mortality rates of CRC [ 1 ].

59 , 60 This is a worrying trend as macrolides are first-line therapy for M . genitalium infections, with fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines being alternatives.

73 Critics diagnosed a worrying trend towards local government control over maternity care and the undermining of the midwife’s role.

From the samples taken in our trauma hospital over 7 years, the prevalence 32.0% of all isolates being MDROs is a source of concern; whilst the trend of MDRO prevalence did not increase significantly, it is still a worrying trend.

We have seen a worrying trend where promising new drugs have been underused, and we believe that their use has suffered partly because of this withdrawal.

coli , which usually harbor AMR genes, a worrying trend towards MDR have been displayed.

The popularity and widespread use of electronic products has spawned a worrying trend of people frequently putting their heads down and becoming addicted to these devices, leading to a disruption in interpersonal communication and interaction.

Over the past decade, US osteoporosis treatment rates have dropped from 15 to 8%, a worrying trend that is worse among patients with diabetes [ 27 ].

By contrast, prompted by a worrying trend in one of two trials of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS, the two DMCs agreed to share key outcome data on the basis of strict confidentiality, and the resulting analysis provided the reassurance needed to allow continued recruitment [ 13 ].

But, over a worrying trend that develops as both nations show a decrease in PV in the latter period is observed; Indonesia especially suffered severely from the drastic drop in production in 2005.

A worrying trend is the number of elderly patients admitted across all ICUs (above 80 years), mostly requiring aggressive life-sustaining care.

With various studies on HCWs associated with COVID-19 showing a relatively high prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms among HCWs, stigma seems to be a worrying trend for this group of workers, especially frontline workers ( 25 – 27 ).

A worrying trend is that the high prevalence of childhood obesity in most Pacific Island communities [ 9 , 10 ] has more than doubled [ 11 ].