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Risk factors driving the global burden of disease
Ambient particulate matter air pollution, high blood pressure, smoking, and high blood sugar are among the five leading risk factors globally.
Global Burden of Disease 2021: Findings from the GBD 2021 Study
Despite the challenges presented by current global threats, including antimicrobial resistance and climate change, the GBD 2021 study offers a cautiously optimistic outlook for the future of global health.
Key findings of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021
The latest GBD research shows that high BMI and air pollution are leading contributors to health loss, child mortality is declining, and depressive and anxiety disorders increased following the pandemic.
The divergent trajectories of global fertility: causes and concerns
Since 1950, the world has experienced an incredible fertility transition, leading to the majority of countries now having total fertility rates (TFRs) below the replacement level of 2·1 children per person who could give birth.
As COVID-19 has shown, continued global health progress is not assured
Over the past 70 years, the world has enjoyed remarkably sustained progress in lowering child and adult mortality.
Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050
Globally, life expectancy and age-standardised disease burden are forecasted to improve between 2022 and 2050.
GBD Cancer Compare
Analyze updated data the world’s health levels and trends from 1990 to 2021 from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study with a focus on Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers (NMSCs) and cancers without NMSCs aggregates.
Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021
Among the specific risk factors analysed for this study, particulate matter air pollution was the leading contributor to the global disease burden in 2021.
GBD Foresight Visualization
Analyze forecasts and better and worse scenarios from 2022 to 2050 for both causes of death and risks, as measured by years of life lost (YLLs), and total deaths.
Burden of Proof
Compare strength of evidence for health risks and outcomes.
GBD Results
View and download estimates of the world’s health from 1990 to 2021.
GBD Compare
Analyze updated data about the world’s health levels and trends from 1990 to 2021 from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.
Financing Global Health 2023: The Future of Health Financing in the Post-Pandemic Era
Financing Global Health 2023 looks at how interest payments on loans that many countries took out during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep their economies afloat and their people protected are now straining health budgets.
FGH 2023: Non-communicable diseases
Development assistance for NCDs dropped by 34.4% between 2020 and 2023.
FGH 2023: Malaria
Development assistance for malaria amounted to $3.3 billion in 2023.
FGH 2023: Pandemic preparedness and response
Development assistance for health for pandemic preparedness and response peaked in 2020 at over $1 billion.
FGH 2023: HIV/AIDS
Funding for HIV/AIDS reached an all-time high of $14.1 billion in 2023.
A burden of proof study on alcohol consumption and ischemic heart disease
We conducted an updated systematic review and re-evaluated existing cohort, case-control, and Mendelian randomization data using the burden of proof meta-analytical framework.
Financing Global Health
Explore patterns of global health financing flows from 1990 to 2050.