Background Countries have agreed to reduce premature mortality (defined as the probability
of dying between the ages of 30 years and 70 years) from four main non-communicable …

Extensive discussion and comments on the Global Burden of Disease Study findings have
suggested the need to examine more carefully the basis for comparing the magnitude of …

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 Our aim was to calculate the global burden of disease and risk factors for 2001,
to examine regional trends from 1990 to 2001, and to provide a starting point for the analysis …

Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by
the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the …

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 People everywhere, but particularly those charged with improving the health of
populations, want to know whether human beings are living longer and getting healthier …

Background Japan has entered the era of super-ageing and advanced health transition,
which is increasingly putting pressure on the sustainability of its health system. The level …

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 …

Background Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …