Background In transitioning from the Millennium Development Goal to the Sustainable
Development Goal era, it is imperative to comprehensively assess progress toward reducing …

Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for
understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect …

Background Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs)
provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform …

Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for
understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect …

The under-5 mortality rate has declined from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 39 per
1000 live births in 2018. This improvement in child survival warrants an examination of age …

Background India has made substantial progress in improving child survival over the past
few decades, but a comprehensive understanding of child mortality trends at disaggregated …

Background In 2000, world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
MDG 4 called for a two-thirds reduction in the under-5 mortality rate between 1990 and …

Background Plausible projections of future mortality and disability are a useful aid in
decisions on priorities for health research, capital investment, and training. Rates and …

Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of
population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Background Over the past few decades, social and economic changes have had substantial
effects on health and wellbeing in Russia. We aimed to use data from the Global Burden of …