Every day, 688 people die from firearm injuries around the world. Globally, homicide is the most common type of firearm death, but in some regions suicide is more common. Most firearm deaths occur as homicides of young men.
June 5, 2018
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This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016, sheds light on global trends in mortality attributable to high systolic blood pressure (SBP) from 1990 through 2016.
May 10, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on diabetes in the US at the state-level.
May 8, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on opioid deaths in the US at the state-level.
May 8, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on overweight and obesity in the US at the state-level.
May 8, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on mental health in the US at the state-level.
May 8, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on diabetes in the US at the state-level.
May 8, 2018
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Summary of findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study on cardiovascular disease in the US at the state-level.
April 18, 2018
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Highlights from the Financing Global Health 2017 report including trends in health spending, development assistance for health (DAH), HIV spending, and universal health coverage.
April 10, 2018
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This is a summary of the findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) for all 50 of the United States and Washington, D.C., from 1990 through 2016. It is the most comprehensive and comparable study on US health to date, tracking 400+ diseases, injuries, and risk factors.
December 4, 2017
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A new study finds that while the United States consistently has provided more funding for development assistance for health (DAH) than any other country, some high-income European nations have far surpassed the US’s assistance in per capita and other expenditure measurements.
October 4, 2017
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Dr. Samba Sow, a Malian physician and Professor at the University of Maryland, will receive $100,000 for using health data to save children’s lives through a comprehensive vaccination program.
Dr. Sow generated and used metrics on the disease burden related to Hib – Haemophilus influenzae type b disease – and used the metrics to secure political and financial support to vaccinate thousands of children against the disease. He spearheaded a nationwide delivery campaign for the vaccine, and, as a result, the country has seen an 80% decline in new Hib cases.
April 19, 2017
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A visual summary of new findings detailing trends in spending and development assistance for health from the latest Financing Global Health 2016 report.
December 14, 2016
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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.
November 16, 2016
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Produced in conjunction with World Diabetes Day 2016, and a forum in Nairobi, Kenya, this infographic highlights the burden of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Africa. Diabetes rates have been rising across Africa, with higher rates seen in women than men in many countries.
October 6, 2016
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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) enerprise has consistently grown its collaborator base. At the time of the GBD 2015 launch in October 2016, there were 1,870 collaborators from 124 countries and 3 territories.
September 29, 2016
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Dr. John Q. Wong, a Filipino epidemiologist and professor, has been awarded IHME's annual Roux Prize for using health data to identify the most taxing health problems in the Philippines, helping his country expand health coverage and reduce the costs involved.
August 24, 2016
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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.
July 18, 2016
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AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific paper shows.
May 17, 2016
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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.