Publications
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- World Health Statistics
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Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2015
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation -
Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2013
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division
WHO GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE PUBLICATIONS
The 1990 Global Burden of Disease study (GBD 1990 study) was the first publication using Burden of Disease methods. These estimates were updated in subsequent publications by WHO listed below. Journal articles and monographs that have been referenced or provide additional information are also provided below, in chronological order.
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 10 (2010)
- Global health risks
- The global burden of disease: 2004 update
- Global burden of disease and risk factors (2006)
- Comparative quantification of health risks (2004)
- The world health report 2002: reducing risks, promoting healthy life (2002)
- Summary measures of population health (2002)
- Global comparative assessments in the health sector (1994)
- GBD 1990 study, volume 1: The global burden of disease (1996)
- GBD 1990 study, volume 2: Global health statistics (1996)
- GBD 1990 study, volume 3: Health dimensions of sex and reproduction (1998)
- GBD 1990 study, volume 4: Global epidemiology of infectious diseases (2004)
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GBD 1990 study: Global burden of onchocerciasis (2004)
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OTHER WHO PUBLICATIONS
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Use of global health estimates in countries.
Report, technical meeting, WHO, Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland, 24–25 June 2015 -
Global health estimates: proposals on the way forward (2013)
pdf, 174kb - Measuring Infertility in populations: a systematic review and analysis of survey data to construct a standard definition (2012)
- Global burden of cancer in 2008: a systematic analysis of disability-adjusted life-years in 12 world regions (2012)
- Estimating and validating disability-adjusted life years at the global level: a methodological framework for cancer (2012)
- International shortfall inequality in life expectancy in women and in men, 1950–2010 (2012)
- Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000 (2012)
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Global health trends: global burden of disease and pharmaceutical needs (2011)
pdf, 1.47Mb - Global and regional hearing impairment prevalence: an analysis of 42 studies in 29 countries (2011)
- Neonatal mortality rates for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: a systematic analysis of progress, projections and priorities (2011)
- Global burden of disease in young people aged 10-24 years: a systematic analysis (2011)
- Prevalence of intellectual disability: A meta-analysis of population-based studies (2011)
- WHO and Global Health Monitoring: The Way Forward (2010)
- Monitoring and surveillance of chronic non-communicable diseases: progress and capacity in high-burden countries (2010)
- Estimates of Worldwide Burden of Cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008 (2010)
- Mortality Measurement Matters: Improving Data Collection and Estimation Methods for Child and Adult Mortality (2010)
- Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis (2010)
- Global and regional causes of death (2009)
- The health of aging populations in China and India (2008)
- Priorities for women's health from the GBD study (2008)
- Preventing cancer through tobacco and infection control (2008)
- The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries (2007)
- Environmental burden of disease: country profiles (2007)
- Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030 (2006)
- Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001 (2006)
- Preventing chronic diseases: how many lives can we save? (2005)
- Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment: WHO global report (2005)
- Global patterns of healthy life expectancy in the year 2002 (2004)
- Global burden of depressive disorders in the year 2000 (2004)
- The world health report 2004: changing history (2004)
- Distribution of major health risks: findings from the GBD (2004)
- Estimates of potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors (2003)
- Comparative quantification of health risks conceptual framework and methodological issues (2003)
- The world health report 2003: shaping the future (2003)
- Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease (2002)
- The world health report 2001: mental health: new understanding, new hope (2001)
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A critical examination of summary measures of population health (2000)
pdf, 105kb - The world health report 2000: health systems: improving performance (2000)
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On the comparable quantification of health risks: lessons from the GBD study (1999)
pdf, 388kb - Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: GBD study (1997)
- Regional patterns of disability-free and disability-adjusted life expectancy: GBD study (1997)
- Global mortality, disability and the contribution of risk factors: GBD study (1997)
- Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: GBD study (1997)
- Investing in health research and development (1996)
- Evidence-based health policy: lessons from the GBD study (1996)
- Global comparative assessments in the health sector: WHO Bulletin collected reprints (1994)
- Quantifying disability: data, methods and results (1994)
- Evidence and Information Policy (EIP) former cluster: discussion
OTHER EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS
- Liu et al. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000–13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet 2014. S0140-6736(14)61698-6
- Reflections on the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Estimates (2013)
- Disability weights in the Global Burden of Disease 2010: unclear meaning and overstatement of international agreement (2013)
- Should the GBD risk factor rankings be used to guide policy? (2013)
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Disability‐adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1,160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Age‐specific and sex‐specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (2012)
- GBD 2010: design, definition and metrics (2012)
- Child Mortality Estimation: A Comparison of UN IGME and IHME Estimates of Levels and Trends in Under-Five Mortality Rates and Deaths (2012)
- Child Mortality Estimation: Accelerated Progress in Reducing Global Child Mortality, 1990–2010 (2012)
- The imperfect world of global health estimates (2012)
- A new method for deriving global estimates of maternal mortality (2012)
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Projections of global health outcomes from 2005 to 2060 using the International Futures integrated forecasting model (2011)
pdf, 882kb - NIH Disease Funding Levels and Burden of Disease
- 50-year mortality trends in children and young people: a study of 50 low, middle and high income countries (2011)
- Chronic diseases and injuries in India (2011)
- Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data (2009)
- National cardiovascular prevention should be based on absolute disease risks, not levels of risk factors (2009)
- Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders (2009)
- Global variation in stroke burden and mortality (2009)
- Health metrics and evaluation: strengthening the science (2008)
- Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences (2008)
- Towards good practice for health statistics: lessons from the MDG health indicators (2007)
- Cardiovascular mortality attributable to higher-than-optimal blood glucose concentration (2006)
- Cancer: comparative risk assessment of 9 behavioural and environmental risk factors (2005)
- Global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development (2005)
- The evolution of the GBD framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification (2005)
- Eastern Europe: burden of disease study (2005)
- Regional, disease specific patterns of smoking-attributable mortality in 2000 (2004)
- Adult mortality: time for a reappraisal (2004)
- Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000 (2003)
- Measuring the accumulated hazards of smoking: global and regional estimates for 2000 (2003)
- The burden of disease among the global poor: situation, trends, implications and strategy (2000)
- The value of DALY life: problems with ethics and validity of disability adjusted life years (1999)
- DALYs: efficiency versus equity (1998)
- Disability-adjusted life years: a critical review (1997)
- Understanding DALYs (1997)
- DALYs: the age-weights on balance (1996)
- Opening the debate on DALYs (1996)
- World developmental report: investing in health (1993)