IHME in the news
Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.How Japan achieved one of the world’s lowest COVID death rates
Mask use in Japan has typically held above 90%, a threshold other G-7 countries have only occasionally neared, according to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation data.
Life expectancy for Native Americans has stagnated — even long before COVID
“To have that long of a period of time and no increase in life expectancy was probably the most shocking finding,” said Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, an assistant professor of health metric sciences at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Por que futuro da humanidade pode depender da África
A projeção mais recente, realizada em 2020 pelo Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME) da Universidade de Washington, nos Estados Unidos, em estudo publicado na revista científica The Lancet, indica que, até o final deste século, 183 dos 195 países do mundo terão uma taxa de fecundidade abaixo dos níveis necessários para repor sua população.
From Australia to the UK, here's how other countries have responded to mass shootings
The US's rate of firearms homicides is 4.14 per 100,000 people, the highest among wealthy nations with a population of 10 million or more, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a health research organization based at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Health Check: What brain scans tell us
Shocking results showing a global shortage of 43 million medical staff are discussed with study lead author Professor Rafael Lozano. Interview with Dr. Lozano starts at 9:29 of the podcast.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The damage to the human body caused by firearms
According to an analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the US ranks first in firearm homicides per capita among high-income countries of more than 10 million
Por qué el futuro de la humanidad podría depender de África
La proyección más reciente, realizada en 2020 por el Instituto de Métricas y Evaluaciones de Salud (IHME) de la Universidad de Washington y publicada en la revista científica The Lancet, indica que para finales de este siglo 183 de los 195 países del mundo tendrán una tasa de fertilidad por debajo de los niveles requeridos para reemplazar a su población.
Guj paradox: high GDP, low nutrition
The Lancet report 'The Burden of Child and Maternal Malnutrition and Trends in its Indicators in the States of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017' had also put Gujarat at the top in child wasting and sixth in child stunting among Indian states.
Explainer: Are guns illegal in Canada? Key questions answered
Canada's rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, versus the United States' rate of 4.12, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said in a 2021 analysis.
Another School Massacre, Putin’s Troops Advance: Weekend Reads
Gun violence deaths per 100,000 people in developed economies chart sources: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United Nations.
The U.S. is uniquely terrible at protecting children from gun violence
Compared to countries of all sizes and incomes, the firearm-related death rate in the U.S. ranks 32nd in the world, according to a study by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Toronto police kill man carrying gun near schools
Canada’s rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, far lower than the U.S. rate of 4.12, according to a 2021 analysis by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Factbox: How Canada, Australia, UK changed laws after mass shootings
Canada's rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people, versus the United States' rate of 4.12, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said in a 2021 analysis.
How America fails children
The firearm homicide rate for US children ages 0-14 is astronomical compared to other wealthy nations, according to data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, with hundreds of budding American lives lost every year.
When will we know if COVID is seasonal?
"Right now, we have a highly infectious virus, and we have waning immunity," said Dr. Ali Mokdad, of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. "So people are susceptible to the virus even in summer."