Background Public health is a priority for the Chinese Government. Evidence-based
decision making for health at the province level in China, which is home to a fifth of the …

Background China has experienced a remarkable epidemiological and demographic
transition during the past three decades. Far less is known about this transition at the …

Background China has undergone rapid demographic and epidemiological changes in the
past few decades, including striking declines in fertility and child mortality and increases in …

Background Japan has entered the era of super-ageing and advanced health transition,
which is increasingly putting pressure on the sustainability of its health system. The level …

Background A comprehensive evaluation of the burden of injury is an important foundation
for selecting and formulating strategies of injury prevention. We present results from the …

Background Understanding the temporal trend of the disease burden of stroke and its
attributable risk factors in China, especially at provincial levels, is important for effective …

Background Over the past few decades, social and economic changes have had substantial
effects on health and wellbeing in Russia. We aimed to use data from the Global Burden of …

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

Background Analysing trends and levels of the burden of disease at the national level can
mask inequalities in health-related progress in lower administrative units such as provinces …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and …