Check out the compelling visuals that play a key role in telling data stories.
2021
October 8, 2021
Acting on data
In honor of World Mental Health Day, we examine the prevalence of mental disorders worldwide, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and urge countries not to neglect the responsibility of caring for their citizens' mental health.
October 1, 2021
Acting on data
This map uses survey data to show COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the US by county and ZIP code, as well as changes in hesitancy over time.
September 30, 2021
Acting on data
A new network meta-regression analyzes data from 1980 to 2019 on police violence in the United States.
September 15, 2021
Acting on data
As National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, there is an opportunity to recognize and scrutinize the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Hispanic and Latino American demographic.
July 14, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions to routine health services around the world like childhood vaccinations.
June 24, 2021
Acting on data
We describe how we use survey data to estimate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States.
May 27, 2021
Acting on data
Maps of mask usage globally, and specifically in the United States, since April 20, 2020
March 26, 2021
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One year after we published our first COVID-19 model, we take a look back at progress made, lessons learned, and how the world has changed.
March 25, 2021
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When we look exclusively at high-income countries and territories with populations of 10 million or more, the US ranks first for its high levels of gun violence.
March 3, 2021
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Listen to IHME director Dr. Chris Murray discuss the future of the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 9, 2021
Acting on data
Dr. Mokdad discusses the importance of ensuring vaccine access to any individual irrespective of their citizenship status, creating a national vaccination plan that heavily involves participation at the local level, details on the COVID-19 virus mutations, and more.
February 3, 2021
Acting on data
La vacilación ante la vacuna y otros riesgos de comportamiento reducen la probabilidad de inmunidad colectiva.
January 20, 2021
Acting on data
Maps of vaccine confidence globally and specifically in the United States.
January 8, 2021
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This week, IHME has decided not to release new projections due to significant delays in death reporting during and following the holidays.
2020
December 22, 2020
Acting on data
20 figures from studies that our researchers and collaborators published in journals in 2020, as well as data visualizations, infographics, GIFs and designs from other IHME-affiliated projects.
May 22, 2020
Acting on data
Here we summarize two new views that are available for each chart. For a more detailed walk-through, check out this video tutorial.
May 20, 2020
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With many locations at or past their initial peak in daily deaths, on May 4, we released an adaptation of our model of the initial peak in deaths that links that model to our emerging understanding of disease transmission dynamics. This new hybrid approach between our initial statistical model and a more traditional disease transmission model will enable the exploration of changes in transmission intensity if – or as the data increasingly suggest, when – social distancing mandates are eased and/or human mobility patterns rise.
April 2, 2020
Acting on data
The White House recently referenced a new COVID-19 forecasting model created by Dr. Christopher Murray and researchers in Washington state that predicts the state-by-state impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health systems in the United States. That model is our model.
2019
July 10, 2019
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Why do GBD researchers bother to use new and potentially unfamiliar metrics instead of tried-and-true, older ways of discussing disease, like prevalence and incidence? To illustrate how GBD metrics complement other population health metrics, let’s consider some standard public health metrics, and how GBD-specific metrics build on them.
June 20, 2019
Acting on data
As part of a recent bipartisan push to enact new anti-tobacco legislation in the state, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) used data from the Global Burden of Disease study and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) to highlight the steep cost of tobacco use in Arkansas.
May 31, 2019
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At the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), health innovators are using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) metrics to improve child health, increase access to family planning services, and make childbirth safer.
April 15, 2019
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On April 4, 2019, the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning, known as Bappenas, and the Ministry of Health unveiled findings from a new provincial-level study of burden of disease, which they are using to guide national planning and priority setting.
March 14, 2019
Acting on data
As a world leader promoting the health of children and mothers, UNICEF and its partners work to save the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable, in part by having hyper-local data at their fingertips. Recently, UNICEF and its partners started using maps from the Local Burden of Disease (LBD) project, an initiative led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), in one of their flagship data dashboards, the Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool (EQUIST).
2018
October 26, 2018
Acting on data
Every day we encounter and use mathematical models. From producing weather predictions for the week, to calculating a country’s GDP, to estimating the impact of vaccinations, models help us process, represent, and understand the data that describe the workings of the world around us.