BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017
(GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years …

Background As mortality rates decline, life expectancy increases, and populations age, non-
fatal outcomes of diseases and injuries are becoming a larger component of the global …

Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional …

Abstract The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors 2017 includes a
comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) …

Background Prevention and control of disease and injury require information about the
leading medical causes of illness and exposures or risk factors. The assessment of the …

Background Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial
consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The …

Publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is a landmark event for
this journal and, we hope, for health. The collaboration of 486 scientists from 302 institutions …

BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic
effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to …

Summary Background The Nordic countries have commonalities in gender equality,
economy, welfare, and health care, but differ in culture and lifestyle, which might create …

Background Air pollution is the sixth highest risk factor for attributable disability-adjusted life-
years (DALYs) in North Africa and the Middle East, but the relative importance of different …