Background Although stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, no
comprehensive and comparable assessment of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability …

Schizophrenia remains a major burden on patients and society. The dopamine hypothesis
attempts to explain the pathogenic mechanisms of the disorder, and the …

Objective To estimate the global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) as part of the
Global Burden of Disease 2010 study and to explore how the burden of hip and knee OA …

Objective To estimate the global burden of low back pain (LBP). Methods LBP was defined
as pain in the area on the posterior aspect of the body from the lower margin of the twelfth …

Background—The global burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. Methods and Results—
We systematically reviewed population-based studies of AF published from 1980 to 2010 …

Previous studies of anemia epidemiology have been geographically limited with little detail
about severity or etiology. Using publicly available data, we estimated mild, moderate, and …

Summary Background The Millennium Declaration in 2000 brought special global attention
to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria through the formulation of Millennium Development Goal …

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2010 estimated the GBD attributable to 15
categories of skin disease from 1990 to 2010 for 187 countries. For each of the following …

Objectives To estimate the global burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as part of the Global
Burden of Disease 2010 study of 291 conditions and how the burden of RA compares with …

About 334 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, and this figure may be an
underestimation. It is the most common chronic disease in children. Asthma is among the top …