Global, regional, and national burden of anemia, 1990 to 2021: An observational study analysis for the global burden of disease.

ABSTRACT: Anemia is a highly prevalent hematologic disorder that affects the physical health of patients, especially pregnant women, non-pregnant women of childbearing age, and children under 5 years of age. The development of appropriate and rational interventions is essential to reduce the burden of anemia. The main objective of this study was to quantify the burden of anemia globally, regionally and nationally between 1990 and 2021. First, trends in burden of disease (prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs)) were analyzed for the period 1990 to 2021. After that, trends were analyzed stratified by gender, age, socio-demographic indices (SDI) region, GDB region and country, and also clustered for the increase or decrease in burden in GDB region, and the burden of disease in 2021 was descr

SUBMITTER: Luo W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12459588 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature