Global Burden of Disease and Risk FactorsAlan D. Lopez World Bank Publications, 2006 M04 2 - 475 pages This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases, injuries and risk factors with a comprehensivestatement of methods and a complete presentation of results. It includesrefined methods to assess data, ensure epidemiological consistency, andsummarize the disease burden. 'Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors' examines the comparative importance of diseases, injuries, and risk factors; it incorporates a range of new data sources to develop consistent estimates of incidence, prevalence, severity and duration, and mortality for 136 major diseases and injuries. Drawing from more than 8,500 data sources that include epidemiological studies, disease registers, and notifications systems, 'Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors' incorporates informationfrom more than 10,000 datasets relating to population health and mortality, representing one of the largest syntheses of global information on population health to date. |
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A. D. Lopez Africa South Asia age weights Asia and Pacific Asia Latin America Asia Sub-Saharan Africa assessment Attributable DALYs thousands Attributable Mortality thousands Attributable YLL thousands Birth asphyxia burden of disease C. J. L. Murray calculations cardiovascular diseases Caribbean Middle East cause of death Central Asia Latin Cerebrovascular disease CodMod countries High-income countries Diarrheal diseases disability weights disease and injury disease burden East and North East Asia epidemiological estimates Europe and Central Female All East Female Male Female GBD study Global Burden Group High-income countries WORLD Inflammatory heart diseases Ischemic heart disease Low birthweight Lower respiratory infections Malaria Male Female Male middle-income countries High-income NA NA NA North Africa South nutritional Pacific Europe PAF of DALYs PAF of Mortality PAF of YLL percent perinatal conditions prevalence rates risk factors Road traffic accidents Source South Asia Sub-Saharan stillbirths Sub-Saharan Africa Low unintentional injuries Unipolar depressive World Health Organization
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