PHM-Exch> Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


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*Global Burden of Disease Study 2010*
*The Lancet - Published Dec 13, 2012 - Vol 380 *

Website: http://bit.ly/Zi2omM ****

“……The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is the largest ever
systematic effort to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide
array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. ****


The results show that infectious diseases, maternal and child illness, and
malnutrition now cause fewer deaths and less illness than they did twenty
years ago. As a result, fewer children are dying every year, but more young
and middle-aged adults are dying and suffering from disease and injury, as
non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, become the
dominant causes of death and disability worldwide.
Since 1970, men and women worldwide have gained slightly more than ten
years of life expectancy overall, but they spend more years living with
injury and illness. ****

GBD 2010 consists of seven Articles, each containing a wealth of data on
different aspects of the study (including data for different countries and
world regions, men and women, and different age groups), while accompanying
Comments include reactions to the study's publication from WHO
Director-General Margaret Chan and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim.

The study is described by *Lancet* Editor-in-Chief Dr Richard Horton as "*a
critical contribution to our understanding of present and future health
priorities for countries and the global community." ……………”*
*Comments* *GBD 2010: understanding disease, injury, and risk - *R Horton **
** *From new estimates to better data - *WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
**** *Data for better health—and to help end poverty - *World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim**** *GBD 2010: a multi-investigator collaboration
for global comparative descriptive epidemiology
*C J L Murray and others **** *AIDS is not over - *M Sidibé and others ****
*Should the GBD risk factor rankings be used to guide policy? *C Watts, **S
Cairncross** **** *A promise to save 100 000 trauma patients - *H Shakur
and others **** *GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics - *C J L Murray
and others **** *Articles* *Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187
countries, 1970–2010:
a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 - *H Wang
and others **** *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
*R Lozano and others **** *Common values in assessing health outcomes from
disease and injury:
disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study
2010 - *J A Salomon and others **** *Healthy life expectancy for 187
countries, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease
Study 2010
*J A Salomon and others **** *Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160
sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010:
a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 - *T Vos
and others **** *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 - *C J L
Murray and others **** *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
*S S Lim and others **** *Special Report* *The story of GBD 2010: a
"super-human" effort
*P Das, U Samarasekera ****
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