Clinical cosmobiology: distribution of deaths during 180 months and cosmophysical activity. The Lithuanian study, 1990–2004 The role of cosmic rays

Stoupel, E.; Kalèdiené, Ramuné; Petrauskienė, Jadvyga; Starkuvienė, Skirmantė; Abramson, Evgeny; Israelevich, P. L.; Sulkes, Jaqueline

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“…It's remarkable the domination of woman in both (IHD, Stroke) groups, what is not specific for Western countries, but is widely seen in Eastern Europe, were men life expectancy is much shorter than woman [38] (64 for men, 74 for woman in Lithuania), and men deaths are concentrated in specific parts of pathology (accidents, traffic accidents, alcoholism and alcohol overuse related deaths, suicide etc.). [30,31,38]. This study is an additional confirmation of these studies.…”

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“…Neutron activity, as it follows from many studies published in recent years, [18][19][20][21][28][29][30][31][32][33] is one of the leading physical powers [34][35][36] and is linked with the timing of human death.…”

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“…This study is an additional confirmation of these studies. We must also put attention on the group of Suicides, a cause of deaths that Lithuania was one of the leaders in the last decades [30,31]. Until year 2005 (since 1990) it was a very clear relationship of monthly Suicide related deaths number and the studied physical factors [30,31].…”

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Twenty years study of solar, geomagnetic, cosmic ray activity links with monthly deaths number (n-850304)

Stoupel¹,

Kalèdiené²,

Petrauskiene³

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The interrelationship between human life and death at the end of the XX and beginning of the XXI centuries is the topic of this study. The aim of the study is to study links between time, Solar (SA), Geomagnetic (GMA) and Cosmic Ray (CRA) (Neutron) activity and monthly deaths distribution from all and six subgroups of death causes in years 1990-2009 for ad-ditional clarification of the role of exogenic factors in human homeostasis. Methods and patients: 850304 deaths (44657 men, 400647 woman) and 6 subgroups were studied in 240 consecutive months in the Re-public of Lithuania in relation to the months of year (1 - 12), 4 indices of SA (Sunspot number and Solar Flux), 3 indices of GMA (planetary and regional for the Middle Latitudes), and CRA described by Neutron activity on the Earth's surface-remains of crushed atoms in the high space levels and measured by Imp/min. The cosmophysical data came from Space Science Institutions in the USA, Russia and Finland. Statistical analysis of the results for monthly comparison are presented. Results: It was a significant and inverse relationship of monthly deaths number for both gender with CRA and SA, less with GMA. It was a significant drop of deaths from IHD and sui-cides. Oncology deaths also show similarity in their timing with other groups. A strong inverse rela-tionship was seen in monthly death number from IHD and Stroke. (r = -0.76, p < 0.0001), woman show more seasonality in death's distribution. Most deaths show annual rhythm with acrophase in February. Only Suicide pick appears in the summer months. Conclusion: at the beginning of the XXI century, in addition to accepted risk factors, environmental physical activity is linked to timing of death. Cosmic Ray (Neutron) activity is one of the main regulators of this relationship. Stroke related deaths are becoming a more prominent cause in the collection of car-diovascular deaths. Suicide related deaths show a drop, possibly related to a massive trend for immi-gration in the high risk group of the population. The precise mechanism of action of the studied physical factors needs additional studies

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“…The stormy GMA index was strongly correlated both with the number of TA and the number of injured people, but not with the number of victims (deaths). Stoupel et al (2007b) studied monthly distribution of deaths in Lithuania during the time period 1990-2004 (180 consecutive months). Data also included accidents (n= 54,302) and TA (n=14,814).…”

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Traffic accidents and environmental physical activity

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Environmental physical activity (EPA) is considered as one of main regulators of human homeostasis. Evidence is growing that components of this activity through the "human factor" (i.e., changing human physiological and psychological status) can affect the dynamics of traffic accidents (TA)-the modern life epidemic. This paper presents results of studies conducted in order to reveal the potential influence of EPA [solar (SA), geomagnetic (GMA) and cosmic ray (CRA) activities] on the number of TA and related casualties in the years of the maximum and declining phase of SA cycle 23 (2000-2005). We selected the 7,160 most severe TA and their related 7,558 deaths and 1,647 severe injuries, registered in the Grand Baku Area (Azerbaijan, middle latitudes), for analysis. A significant increase of TA and victims was observed during the whole year and also during the last months of the year. The monthly numbers of TA and victims were inversely related to SA (probability p = 0.0002), and non-significantly to background GMA, but were significantly affected by major geomagnetic disturbances and storms. A strong correlation between CRA variations (cosmic ray intensity measured by ground-based neutron monitors on the Earth's surface) and the number of TA (p = 0.001) has been observed. It was found that the number of TA which occur within a month depends significantly on the particular month of the year, the CRA, and the SA levels (inverse correlation). The increase of the number of TA is also significantly linked to geomagnetic storms, but not to steady GMA. These effects can be related to changes in human functional and behavioral markers provoked by EPA influences.

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“…In particular, the infradian cycles have been related to the incidences of cardiac failure such as myocardial infarctions or to the reproductive human physiology (Maggioni et al, 1999;Stoupel et al, 2007a). Stoupel (2007a) named the study of the solar activity effect on human beings Clinical Cosmology, while Halberg et al (2004) named Chronoastrobiology to the quantitative interpretation of how the living organisms' temporal structure is affected by cosmic and geomagnetic phenomena. Therefore, we have two more different names for heliobiogeomagnetism.…”

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Solar activity and human health at middle and low geomagnetic latitudes in Central America

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Peña

2010

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Clinical cosmobiology: distribution of deaths during 180 months and cosmophysical activity. The Lithuanian study, 1990–2004 The role of cosmic rays

Abstract: Summary. The aim of this study is a next step of our previous, initial, publications - We presume that forces antagonistic to cosmic ray activity, like solar activity and geomagnetic activity, can prevent some negative biologic effects of cosmic ray. Medicina (Kaunas) 2007; 43(10)

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Twenty years study of solar, geomagnetic, cosmic ray activity links with monthly deaths number (n-850304)

Twenty years study of solar, geomagnetic, cosmic ray activity links with monthly deaths number (n-850304)

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Solar activity and human health at middle and low geomagnetic latitudes in Central America

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