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UnknownThe global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Background

Data about the global, regional, and country-specific variations in the levels and trends of colorectal cancer are required to understand the impact of this disease and the trends in its burden to help policy makers allocate resources. Here we provide a status report on the incide...
S-EPMC7026697 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Background

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to UNICEF estimates, less than half of children younger than 5 years with diarrhoea in low-income and middle-incom...
S-EPMC7388204 | biostudies-literature
UnknownHearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Background

Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study on the prevalence of hearing loss in 2019, as well as the condition's ...
S-EPMC7960691 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEstimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study.

Background

While there is a long history of measuring death and disability from injuries, modern research methods must account for the wide spectrum of disability that can occur in an injury, and must provide estimates with sufficient demographic, geographical and temporal detail to be usefu...
S-EPMC7571362 | biostudies-literature
UnknownGlobal injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Background

Past research in population health trends has shown that injuries form a substantial burden of population health loss. Regular updates to injury burden assessments are critical. We report Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 Study estimates on morbidity and mortality for all injuri...
S-EPMC7571366 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17.

Background

Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing disease and improving human wellbeing. Comprehensive, high-resolution estimates are important to inform progress...
S-EPMC7443708 | biostudies-literature
UnknownAssessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Background

Health-care needs change throughout the life course. It is thus crucial to assess whether health systems provide access to quality health care for all ages. Drawing from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019), we measured the Healthcare Acc...
S-EPMC9666426 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Background

Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), one in ten deaths in children younger than 5 years is attributable to diarrhoea. The substantial between-country variation in both diarrhoea incidence and mortality is attributable to interventions that protect children, preve...
S-EPMC7314599 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.
A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 20...
S-EPMC7220891 | biostudies-literature
UnknownGlobal Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022.
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S-EPMC7615984 | biostudies-literature
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