Summary The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019
provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health …

Background In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-
communicable diseases and injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence …

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) enterprise is a systematic,
scientific effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries …

Publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is a landmark event for
this journal and, we hope, for health. The collaboration of 486 scientists from 302 institutions …

Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by
underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and …

Background Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk
factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the …

GBD 2010: a multi-investigator collaboration for global comparative descriptive
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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 …

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 …

Background Future trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to
policy makers and the public at large. This information can be used for policy and long-term …