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The global burden of disease: 2004 update

A response to the need for comprehensive, consistent and comparable information on diseases and injuries at global and regional level.

The global burden of disease: 2004 update is a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for 135 causes by age and sex, drawing on extensive WHO databases and on information provided by Member States.

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NOTE FOR THE MEDIA

• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

OTHER MATERIALS ON THE REPORT

• 10 facts on the GBD
• Top 10 causes of death fact sheet
• Key figures and graphs
  ppt, 1.74Mb

THE REPORT IN SECTIONS

• Front cover and table of contents
  pdf, 1.01Mb
• Part 1: Introduction
  pdf, 577kb
• Part 2: Causes of death
  pdf, 635kb
• Part 3: Disease incidence, prevalence and disability
  pdf, 247kb
• Part 4: Burden of disease: DALYs
  pdf, 395kb
• Annex A: Deaths and DALYs 2004 Annex tables
  pdf, 581kb
• Annex B: Data sources and methods
  pdf, 300kb
• Annex C: Analysis categories and mortality data sources
  pdf, 224kb
• References
  pdf, 144kb

STATISTICS FROM THE REPORT

• Regional estimates of YLL, YLD, and DALYs, deaths, incidence and prevalence for 2004
• Regional projections of deaths and DALYs for 2008, 2015, and 2030

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