IHME in the news
Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.Racial and ethnic health disparities are pervasive in the US, across most causes of death and in most counties, new study shows
“When you look across these 19 causes, there are racial and ethnic disparities in mortality and there are also geographic disparities in mortality for every single cause,” said Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, an assistant professor at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and study author. “The consistency of that overall finding – that these huge disparities are always there – really stuck out to me.”
Why anemia is highly prevalent among women in the global South
According to a recent study published in The Lancet Hematology, in 2021, the leading cause of anemia globally was dietary iron deficiency (66.2% of all anemia cases).
States of healthcare
States of healthcare: Data from Global Burden of Disease study will help states chart their individual trajectories. They need to strengthen disease monitoring systems
US maternal deaths more than doubled over two decades in unequal proportions for race and geography
Bryant and her colleagues at Mass General Brigham and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington started with national vital statistics data on deaths and live births.
Naps are healthy, scientists say – so why has Spain given up on the siesta?
The study, by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle, suggested that people in Spain will have an average lifespan of 85.8 years by 2040, while those in Japan will lag ever so slightly behind on 85.7 years.
More than 1.3 billion people worldwide predicted to have diabetes by 2050
“If we don’t do anything,” said Kanyin Liane Ong, a researcher at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the lead author of the study, “it will cause a huge burden.”
Urgent action is needed on alcohol harm in Nigeria
Alcohol is responsible for three million deaths each year globally, and accounts for more than five per cent of global burden of disease as measured by disability adjusted life years (DALYs), a health metric that combines healthy years of life lost due to mortality and disability.
Nigeria is 8th world’s most polluted country, says report
Taking the top spot for the world’s biggest cause of death in 2019 was high blood pressure (10.85 million), which was closely followed by smoking (7.69million), according to a Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet.
Dor nas costas, principal causa de incapacidade, já atinge 600 milhões de pessoas e deve aumentar; saiba os motivos
Esse aumento nos próximos anos se deve, segundo Garland Culbreth, pesquisadora do Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation da Universidade de Washington e autora do estudo, "às tendências de crescimento e envelhecimento populacional".
Preventive tips to avoid asthma triggers during summer
According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report, approximately 30 million asthmatics live in India, making up 13.09% of the worldwide burden.
La lumbalgia será la nueva pandemia para el año 2050 de acuerdo a una nueva investigación
La National Geographic explica que el estudio, llevado a cabo por el Instituto de Métricas y Evaluación de la Salud (IHME) de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Washington, muestra que las personas de edad avanzada son las que corren un mayor riesgo particular.
Over 800 million people globally may suffer back pain by 2050: Lancet study
The study analysed Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data from 1990 to 2020 from over 204 countries and territories to map the landscape of back pain cases over time.
Population explosion: Separating asset from liability
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation also showed the global fertility rate nearly halved to 2.4 in 2017 – and their study projects it will fall below 1.7 by the turn of this century.
Factbox: How countries have legislated after mass shootings
Canada's rate of firearm homicides is 0.5 per 100,000 people versus a U.S. rate of 4.12, the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said in a 2021 analysis.
The silent threat: Women and heart disease in India
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study, heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in India, accounting for almost 18% of all female deaths.