The aims of this study were (1) to develop a comprehensive risk-of-death and life
expectancy (LE) model and (2) to provide data on the effects of multiple risk factors on LE …

The preceding paper by Kjellstrom et al. uses transportation as an example to consider the
performance of two approaches (referred to as comparative risk assessment (CRA) and …

Background The aim of this study was to quantify and compare the burden of disease
attributable to five major lifestyle-related risk factors in a UK Primary Care Trust (Wirral) …

Background Modern health surveillance and planning requires an understanding of how
preventable risk factors impact population health, and how these effects vary between …

WHO's upcoming report Global health risks will identify the global and regional mortality and
disease burden associated with 24 health risks. These risk factors range from environmental …

Background: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, coordinated by the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), produces influential, data-driven estimates of the …

This report uses a comprehensive framework for studying health risks that was developed
for the World Health Report 2002, which presented estimates for the year 2000. The report …

Objective This study provides the global-, regional-and country-level estimates on the work-
related burden of diseases and accidents for 2019, including deaths, disability adjusted life …

We estimated age-sex specific and cause-specific mortality, years of life lost due to
premature mortality (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life …

Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity
measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of …