… on burden, one dealing with deaths and the disease burden by cause and the other with the
burden from major risk factors… of health problems, and because assessment of the burden of …

… reports on the disease and injury burden resulting from 19 risk factors, specifically for a
number of important conditions. Both chapters present results using the World Bank's …

… The burden of 107 disorders is compared with the burden attributable to ten major risk
factors and to selected diseases as risk factors for other conditions. More extensive detail on the …

… risk factors and combinations of risk factors, at the global level, regionally, and for 204 countries
and territories. GBD uses a hierarchical list of risk factors so that specific risk factors (… risk–…

… exposure and hazard size for 14 epidemiological regions of the world. Population … to the
mortality and burden of disease estimates from the global burden of disease (GBD) database. …

… stroke burden is attributable to modifiable risk factors, and achieving control of behavioural
and metabolic risk factors could avert more than three-quarters of the global stroke burden. …

This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases,
injuries and risk factors with a comprehensive statement of methods and a complete …

… also corrects for the low burden from premature mortality (YLLs… disorders in GBD 2010.
Although mental and substance use disorders were identified as a leading cause of global burden…

… 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 of the …

… Taken together with data on CVD and risk factor prevalence, these summary measures of …
action for CVD and risk factor prevention, treatment, and control at global, regional, national, …