BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Disease Study represents a large and systematic
effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries over the past 3 decades. We aimed to …

Background Following the economic crisis in Greece in 2010, the country's ongoing austerity
measures include a substantial contraction of health-care expenditure, with reports of …

Background Plausible projections of future mortality and disability are a useful aid in
decisions on priorities for health research, capital investment, and training. Rates and …

Background Young people's health has emerged as a neglected yet pressing issue in global
development. Changing patterns of young people's health have the potential to undermine …

WHO's upcoming report Global health risks will identify the global and regional mortality and
disease burden associated with 24 health risks. These risk factors range from environmental …

Background As mortality rates decline, life expectancy increases, and populations age, non-
fatal outcomes of diseases and injuries are becoming a larger component of the global …

Background Estimates of the disease burden due to multiple risk factors can show the
potential gain from combined preventive measures. But few such investigations have been …

Background Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial
consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The …

Background Measurement of changes in health across locations is useful to compare and
contrast changing epidemiological patterns against health system performance and identify …

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 …