Background Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and
affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary …

Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for
understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect …

Methods The WHO comparative risk assessment used a common statistical model that
allows a reader to compare the contribution (attributable fraction) of several risk factors with …

Background Availability of data to assess the population health and provision and quality of
health care in Saudi Arabia has been lacking. In 2010, Saudi Arabia began a major …

Background The burden of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in India, but a systematic
understanding of its distribution and time trends across all the states is not readily available …

Reliable, comparable information about the main causes of disease and injury in
populations, and how these are changing, is a critical input for debates about priorities in the …

Background The Comparative Risk Assessment (CRA) project of the World Health
Organization (WHO) assessed worldwide mortality and morbidity in the year 2000 resulting …

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 …

Background Non-communicable diseases are the leading global cause of death and
disproportionately afflict those living in low-income and lower-middle-income countries …

Background Ending the global tobacco epidemic is a defining challenge in global health.
Timely and comprehensive estimates of the prevalence of smoking tobacco use and …