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November 8, 2018
GBD 2017 Study Highlights: Causes of Death
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“Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” estimated mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries from 1980 to 2017, adding 18 causes to its estimates compared to GBD 2016. In 2017, the GBD study added numerous data sources, including 127 country-years of vital registration data and 502 country-years of cancer registry data.
December 14, 2016
Firearm deaths in the United States and globally, 1990-2015
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This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2015, provides information on mortality resulting from assault by firearms in the United States and globally from 1990 to 2015.
August 24, 2016
The burden of disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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Improved health conditions and life expectancy over the past 20 years in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are being subverted by wars and civil unrest, according to a new scientific study.
May 17, 2016
Mortality in Children and Adolescents, 1990-2013
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This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 and published in JAMA, provides information on mortality for children and adolescents from four age groups, including both sexes, from 1990 to 2013. The top causes of death in developed versus developing countries, as well as mortality rates by World Health Organization (WHO) region, are illustrated.
January 19, 2016
When and Why People Die in the United States, 1990-2013
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This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the Global Burden of Disease Studies 2013, provides information on changes in average life expectancy in the United States, World Bank–defined “high-income countries,” and globally from 1990 to 2013.
May 28, 2014
Obesity and overweight increasing worldwide
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May 12, 2014
Millennium Development Goal 4: Accelerated declines in child deaths
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Child deaths cut nearly in half since 1990, maternal deaths by almost a quarter. Pace accelerated after Millennium Development Goals were set, yet few countries on track to meet ambitious targets.
May 2, 2014
Millennium Development Goal 5: Progress and challenges in maternal mortality
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January 19, 2014
Burden of Disease in the Arab World
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Countries in the Arab world – from Saudi Arabia to Mauritania to Yemen – have made some significant health gains over the past two decades, including increases in life expectancy and swift reductions in child mortality.
December 14, 2012
GBD 2010 Poster
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December 14, 2012
Percent decline in mortality rate, 1970 - 2010
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Globally, no matter how old a person is, life expectancy is increasing. Life expectancy at birth increased 10.7 years for males and 12.6 years for females from 1970 to 2010. That's because mortality is decreasing in every age bracket, although it is decreasing more slowly among young adults.

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