Background Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality,
represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific …

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

Background Healthy life expectancy (HALE) summarises mortality and non-fatal outcomes in
a single measure of average population health. It has been used to compare health between …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2016 (GBD 2016) provides a comprehensive assessment of risk factor exposure and …

Background How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health,
and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time …

Background Serious life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses place an enormous burden on
society and health systems. Understanding how this burden will evolve in the future is …

Background Peer-reviewed literature on health is almost exclusively published in English,
limiting the uptake of research for decision making in francophone African countries. We …

Background Adult deaths are a crucial priority for global health. Causes of adult death are
important components of Millennium Development Goals 5 and 6. However, adult mortality …

Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and
quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
(GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor …