… in the measurement of burden of disease see Murray and Lopez (8). The World Health
Organization is now undertaking a new assessment of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) for …

… a study to assess the global burden of disease in … the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study
also introduced a new metric–the disability adjusted life year (DALY)–to quantify the burden …

… the data sources and methods used for preparation of these regionallevel burden of …
Unpublished data sources were also sought. In order to be included, studies 1) reported better ear …

… The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the coordinating center for the GBD,
hosts an online data catalog for all data sources used in the GBD. The GBD never imposes …

… To address the need for updated projections of mortality and burden of … burden of disease
between 2002 and 2030 using methods similar to those used in the original Global Burden of …

… -attributable burden of disease is considerable: 3.0% of global mortality and 3.8% of global
burden … In terms of alcoholrelated mortality, almost half of the global burden is related in acute …

… estimates of the global burden of injuries.… global data sources used for estimating the global
burden of injuries. This paper focuses on the availability and quality of global mortality data …

… The systematic review found a total of 129 individual data sources. The global age-standardized
point prevalence of schizophrenia in 2016 was estimated to be 0.28% (95% uncertainty …

… We have recently embarked on a collaborative project to improve estimates of the global
burden of injuries. This commentary invites individuals and organizations to contribute to …

… However, other data sources can be used to develop cause-of-death estimates for
populations. To be useful, estimates must be internally consistent, plausible, and reflect …