Background Past research in population health trends has shown that injuries form a
substantial burden of population health loss. Regular updates to injury burden assessments …

Background While there is a long history of measuring death and disability from injuries,
modern research methods must account for the wide spectrum of disability that can occur in …

Background The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used
the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk …

Background The epidemiological transition of non-communicable diseases replacing
infectious diseases as the main contributors to disease burden has been well documented …

Background The global burden of road injuries is known to follow complex geographical,
temporal and demographic patterns. While health loss from road injuries is a major topic of …

Background Current methods of measuring the population burden of injuries rely on many
assumptions and limited data available to the global burden of diseases (GBD) studies. The …

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 …

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

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 Reducing the global burden of injury requires both injury prevention and
improved trauma care. We sought to provide an estimate of the number of lives that could be …