A severe decline in child births has occurred over the past half century, which will lead to
considerable population declines, particularly in industrialized regions. A crucial question is …

Summary The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019
provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health …

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is an increasing challenge to public health. Tracking
the temporal trends of PD burden would inform health strategies. Methods: Data of PD …

Introduction The estimate of people with clinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive
impairment provides an understanding of the disease burden. Methods We estimated …

Study Design. A retrospective cohort study. Objective. The authors aimed to estimate the
incidence, prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) of spinal cord injury (SCI) by …

Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of
population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Background Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non …

Background Understanding potential patterns in future population levels is crucial for
anticipating and planning for changing age structures, resource and health-care needs, and …

Background Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus,
which is transmitted to humans via the bite of several species of black fly, and is responsible …

Background The burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is rising globally, with
substantial variation in levels and trends of disease in different countries and regions …