Working-age Americans in 21 states faced a higher probability of premature death from 1990 to 2016, according to the most extensive state-by-state US health study ever conducted.
News
April 10, 2018
News Release
March 27, 2018
News Release
Deaths from infectious diseases have declined overall in the United States over the past three decades. However, the rates of decline varied significantly by counties, according to a new scientific study.
March 13, 2018
News Release
Deaths in the United States from drug use disorders between 1980 and 2014 increased overall by more than 600%, but in some counties the increases exceeded 5,000%, according to a new scientific study.
Events
April 7, 2016
Conference
Assistant Professor Nicholas Kassebaum, MD, will give the talk “The maternal health gap: how the United States lags in infant and maternal mortality,” at Health Journalism 2016, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual meeting. IHME data show that the US was one of only eight countries whose maternal death rates increased between 2003 and 2013.
June 9, 2015
Conference
IHME Researcher Laura Dwyer-Lindgren and Post-Bachelor Fellow Amelia Bertozzi-Villa will participate in the panel discussion “Community health assessment: Better data for better health” at the National Association of County and City Health Officia
April 23, 2015
Conference
Professor of Global Health Ali Mokdad gives an exclusive first look at new data on alcohol use for every county in the US at Health Journalism 2015, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ (AHCJ) annual conference. Dr.
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November 4, 2014
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September 10, 2014
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