Publication , 11/06/2025

Abstract:Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Germany. Comprehensive analyses of long-term trends in CHD mortality that also distinguish between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and non-AMI-related chronic CHD are currently lacking.Method: Age-specific and age-standardised CHD mortality rates for the period 1998 – 2023 were calculated based on data from the cause-of-death statistics of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Annual percentage changes (APC) and average annual percentage changes (AAPC) were estimated using joinpoint regression analysis.Results: Between 1998 and 2023, the average annual change in age-standardised CHD mortality rates for women was -3.9 % ((-4.1) – (-3.7)) per year, compared with -3.2 % ((-3.3) – (-3.0)) for men. …

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Access details for the Infectiology Seminar "HUNTT: The HIV-1 Unique Recombinant Form Novelty Tagging Tool for German HIV-1 Sequences"

Overview page , 06/06/2025

RKI newsletter on international activities

Overview page , 02/06/2025

The aim of the AntibioResDE (Antibiotic Resistance in Germany) project is to provide up-to-date information on antibiotic resistance in Germany on an electronic platform in order to simplify access to resistance data for clinical practice. AntibioResDE can thus help to prevent the development of resistance and thus treatment failure in bacterial infections.

Overview page , 02/06/2025

25,450 people were diagnosed with malignant melanoma

Overview page , 27/05/2025

The 10th Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology Conference hosted by Wellcome Connecting Science in Cambridge from 21 to 23 May 2025, U.K., highlighted the transformative impact of microbial and viral genomics, bioinformatics, and data science on modern public health.

Overview page , 27/05/2025

In response to the ongoing outbreak of cholera in Angola, the National Focal Point for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT NFP) at the Centre for International Health Protection at RKI supported the deployment of a joint German EMT by sending a senior expert for infection prevention and control (IPC) and outbreak response.

Publication , 26/05/2025

Symposium "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Research"

Overview page , 23/05/2025

At the invitation of the Mozambican Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), the annual conference of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) took place in the capital Maputo from April 9 – 10, 2025. More than 100 representatives from 60 national public health institutes (NPHI) attended and over 200 participants were connected online.

Publication , 21/05/2025

Abstract:Background: Knowledge of the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is important for its prevention.Methods: Data from a non-clinical test for the absolute risk of having a heart attack or stroke for the first time in the next ten years is available from 3,271 35- to 69-year-old participants in the GEDA 2022 study without a diagnosis of heart attack or stroke. This risk was categorised as low (< 5 %), still low (≥ 5 % – < 7.5 %), increased (≥ 7.5 % – < 10 %) and high (≥ 10 %). In addition, the self-perceived CVD risk was asked as almost no, low, moderate and high risk.Results: According to the CVD test, 73.5 % of adults were at low risk, 7.8 % were still at low risk, 6.0 % were at increased risk and 12.8 % were at high risk. In contrast, 28.7 % perceived themselves to be at …