Liver diseases contribute markedly to the global burden of mortality and disease. This paper
provides an overview from a global perspective of the contribution of alcohol to liver …

Background Breast and cervical cancer are important causes of mortality in women aged≥
15 years. We undertook annual age-specific assessments of breast and cervical cancer in …

Background Neurological disorders are a major and increasing global health challenge,
which accounts for a substantial portion of the disease burden worldwide. The aim of this …

Background: China bears the biggest stroke burden in the world. However, little is known
about the current prevalence, incidence, and mortality of stroke at the national level, and the …

Background Comparable data on the global and country-specific burden of neurological
disorders and their trends are crucial for health-care planning and resource allocation. The …

Background Monitoring levels and trends in premature mortality is crucial to understanding
how societies can address prominent sources of early death. The Global Burden of Disease …

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 Reliable and timely information on the leading causes of death in populations,
and how these are changing, is a crucial input into health policy debates. In the Global …

750 Circulation February 12, 2013 30% of all subjects, these differences crossed a major
disease category. Interestingly, this study confirmed that diseases of the circulatory system …

Background Data on causes of death by age and sex are a critical input into health decision-
making. Priority setting in public health should be informed not only by the current …