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

Background Documentation of patterns and long-term trends in mortality in young people,
which reflect huge changes in demographic and social determinants of adolescent health …

Background Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to
guiding long-term investments and policy implementation. Past work on forecasting has …

Background Trend data for causes of child death are crucial to inform priorities for improving
child survival by and beyond 2015. We report child mortality by cause estimates in 2000–13 …

Background Reduction of premature mortality is a UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Unlike other high-income countries, age-adjusted mortality in the USA plateaued in 2010 …

One of the six core functions of the World Health Organization (WHO) is monitoring the
health situation, trends, and determinants in the world. Global, regional, and country …

Background Adult deaths are a crucial priority for global health. Causes of adult death are
important components of Millennium Development Goals 5 and 6. However, adult mortality …

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

Background Population estimates underpin demographic and epidemiological research and
are used to track progress on numerous international indicators of health and development …

Background Sex and gender shape health. There is a growing body of evidence focused on
comprehensively and systematically examining the magnitude, persistence, and nature of …