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At IHME, we’re measuring what matters to illuminate the state of health everywhere. Based at the University of Washington, we work with collaborators around the world to develop the evidence that informs health policy and practice.

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Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021

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Prevalence of glaucoma among US adults in 2022

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Persistent DNA methylation changes across the first year of life and prenatal NO2 exposure in a Canadian prospective birth study

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Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050

Dana Bryazka, Marissa Reitsma, Emmanuela Gakidou, Stein Emil Vollset, Austin Ahlstrom, Jason Anderson, Aleksandr Aravkin, Natalia Bhattacharjee, Xiaochen Dai, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Luisa Sorio Flor, Gabriela Gil, Simon Hay, Stephen Lim, Paulina Lindstedt, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ali Mokdad, Vincent Mougin, Erin Mullany, Christopher J.L. Murray, Marie Ng, Tom Pham, Cat Raggi, Austin Schumacher, Amanda Smith, Asrat Wolde, Chun-Wei Yuan

October 2, 2024

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Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex. It quantifies health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities eliminated.

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Recent publications

Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021

Prevalence of glaucoma among US adults in 2022

Persistent DNA methylation changes across the first year of life and prenatal NO2 exposure in a Canadian prospective birth study

Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050

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Community Health Workers are key to remote global care

The last mile of nutrition

AMR is a major threat to global health

Q&A: The rate of common colds and ear infections are declining

Explore the latest health trends with new GBD 2021 results

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Global Burden of Disease (GBD)

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