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South Africa - Northern Cape
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South Africa - Western Cape
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Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
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Ethiopia - Afar
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Ethiopia - Amhara
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Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021
Disorders affecting the nervous system are diverse and include neurodevelopmental disorders, late-life neurodegeneration, and newly emergent conditions, such as cognitive impairment following COVID-19.
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates in order to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends.
Mortality, life expectancy, and population
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the most severe drops in life expectancy seen in 50+ years.
Mortality Visualization
Walk through the estimation process for mortality trends for children and adults for in 204 countries and territories from 1950 to 2021.
The global distribution and the risk prediction of relapsing fever group Borrelia
We mapped the diversity, distribution, and potential infection risk of merging relapsing fever group Borrelia species.
Estimating the subnational prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A infections in 75 endemic countries, 1990–2019
Enteric fever, a systemic infection caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A, remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries.
Burden of liver cancer mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19
This study aims to provide comprehensive analysis of rates and trends in liver cancer mortality for different racial and ethnic populations in the USA nationally and at the county level.
2023 Roux Prize Recipient: Ibrahim Abubakar
Professor Ibrahim Abubakar is the recipient of the 2023 Roux Prize, the world’s largest award for evidence-based public health achievement. His recent work on The Lancet Nigeria Commission directly led to Nigeria’s passing a new law mandating basic health insurance and the creation of a fund for vulnerable populations that covers 83 million underprivileged people.
Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050
We present the most current estimates of neck pain prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) by age, sex, and location, with forecasted prevalence to 2050.
Health trends in Canada 1990–2019
We examined population health trends in Canada over the past 30 years in relation to other countries.
The burden of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among adolescents and young adults in 24 Western European countries, 1990–2019: Results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
We examined the burden posed by type 1 and type 2 diabetes among 10-24 year-olds in Western Europe.
Health effects associated with chewing tobacco: a Burden of Proof study
This study synthesizes existing evidence regarding the health impacts of chewing tobacco while accounting for various sources of uncertainty.
Family Planning
Explore local trends in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Mapping heterogeneity in family planning indicators in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria, 2000–2020
We generated estimates of contraceptive use and family planning at the local level, up to 5-x5-km resolution, in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Education as protection against adult mortality
Higher educational attainment is linked with lower levels of adult mortality.
Effects of education on adult mortality
We estimated the reduction in all-cause adult mortality associated with each year of schooling at a global level.