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Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

GBD is the single largest and most detailed scientific effort ever conducted to quantify levels and trends in health. It provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex, incorporating over 350 diseases and injuries in 204 countries.

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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021

Alize Ferrari, Damian Santomauro, Christopher J.L. Murray, Theo Vos, Cat Antony, Daniel Araki, Aleksandr Aravkin, Michael Arndt, Charlie Ashbaugh, Jessica Bishai, Catherine Bisignano, Michael Brauer, Katrin Burkart, Justin Byun, Catherine Chen, Natalie Chen, Eunice Chung, Rebecca Cogen, Ewerton Cousin, Xiaochen Dai, Nikki DeCleene, Louisa Degenhardt, Samath D. Dharmaratne, Maegan Dirac, Regina-Mae Dominguez, Kara Estep, Valery Feigin, Luisa Sorio Flor, Lisa Force, William Gardner, Hailey Hagins, Erin Hamilton, Simon Hay, Claire Henson, Julia Hon, Johnathan Hsu, Chantal Huynh, Vincent Iannucci, Audrey Ihler, Kevin Ikuta, Molly Kassel, Cathleen Keller, Jonathan Kocarnik, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Kate LeGrand, Stephen Lim, Megan Lindstrom, Rafael Lozano, Anna Laura McKowen, Tomislav Mestrovic, Madeline Moberg, Robin Mohr, Ali Mokdad, Jon Mosser, Vincent Mougin, Olivia Nesbit, Sam Ostroff, Maja Pašović, Spencer Pease, David Pigott, Natalie Pritchett, Quinn Rafferty, Christian Razo, Bobby Reiner, Austin Schumacher, Erica Leigh Slepak, Reed Sorensen, Benjamin Stark, Caroline Stein, Caitlyn Steiner, Jaimie Steinmetz, Anna Torre, Stein Emil Vollset, Avina Vongpradith, Marcia Weaver, Katherine Wells, Joanna Whisnant, Harvey Whiteford, Caroline Wilkerson, Sarah Wulf Hanson, Yvonne Xu, Steph Zimsen
April 17, 2024
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Global burden associated with 85 pathogens in 2019

Mohsen Naghavi, Tomislav Mestrovic, Christopher J.L. Murray, Authia Gray, Anna Hayoon, Lucien Swetschinski, Nicole Weaver, Kevin Ikuta, Erin Chung, Eve Wool, Chieh Han, Daniel Araki, Samuel Albertson, Rose Bender, Greg Bertolacci, Matthew Cunningham, Matthew Doxey, Sama Ghoba, Simon Hay, Rebecca Hsu, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Jorge Ledesma, Jianing Ma, Jon Mosser, Vincent Mougin, Amanda Novotney, Chris Troeger, Avina Vongpradith, Han Wunrow
April 16, 2024
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Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990-2021

Rose Bender, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J.L. Murray, Sarah Sirota, Lucien Swetschinski, Regina-Mae Dominguez, Amanda Novotney, Eve Wool, Kevin Ikuta, Avina Vongpradith, Emma Rogowski, Chris Troeger, Samuel Albertson, Jiawei He, Kelsey Maass, Katrin Burkart, Sinclair Carr, Eunice Chung, Xiaochen Dai, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Luisa Sorio Flor, Emily Haeuser, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ali Mokdad, Vincent Mougin, Bobby Reiner, Austin Schumacher, Reed Sorensen, Peng Zheng, Aleksandr Aravkin, Theo Vos, Simon Hay, Jon Mosser, Stephen Lim
April 15, 2024

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Causes of Death (COD) Visualization

See where various data sources have placed trends in causes of death over time for 204 countries and territories.

Last updated
April 3, 2024
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Mortality Visualization

Walk through the estimation process for mortality trends for children and adults for in 204 countries and territories from 1950 to 2021.

Last updated
March 11, 2024
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Family Planning

Explore local trends in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Last updated
January 31, 2024
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Burden of Proof

Compare strength of evidence for health risks and outcomes.

Last updated
January 9, 2024