News releases
Read the latest news from IHME about published research.
AARP and leading research organizations announce risk factors of dementia research findings
Today, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington announced the Dementia Risk Reduction Project, a new collaboration to study how factors – air pollution, alcohol use, depression, diabetes, high body mass index, hearing loss, hypertension, low education, physical inactivity, social isolation, smoking, and traumatic brain injury—vary by state and their correlation to dementia.
The Lancet: Without immediate action nearly 260 million people in the USA predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity across the USA, at least doubling in adult men and women (aged 25 and older) and older female and male adolescents (aged 15-24 years) since 1990, with the number of people living with overweight and obesity reaching over 208 million in 2021.
First-of-its-kind analysis of US national data reveals significant disparities in individual well-being as measured by lifespan, education, and income
In the first analysis of its kind, the Human Development Index (HDI) was adapted to examine trends and inequities at the individual rather than the group level from 2008 to 2021.
New “Prevalence of glaucoma in the US in 2022” study finds higher prevalence of the eye disease than previously estimated
New research study estimates glaucoma and vision-affecting glaucoma prevalence by demographic factors, and by U.S. state and county.
The Lancet Public Health: Accelerating actions to eliminate tobacco smoking could help increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by 2050, modelling study suggests
Stepping up actions to eliminate smoking could increase global life expectancy by around five years by 2050, according to a study from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD) Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
Superbugs could jeopardise food security for over two billion people and increase annual health care costs by US$ 159 billion annually by 2050, finds most extensive modelling to date
Data from more than 200 countries forecasts the full toll of drug-resistant pathogens on people, livestock and the economy and estimates a return on investment of 28 to 1 if the problem is addressed now.
The Lancet Neurology: Air pollution, high temperatures, and metabolic risk factors driving global increases in stroke, with latest figures estimating 12 million cases and over 7 million deaths from stroke each year
Although stroke is highly preventable and treatable, there has been a rapid rise in the global stroke burden between 1990 and 2021, due to both population growth and the rise of aging populations worldwide, as well as a substantial increase in people’s exposure to environmental and behavioural risk factors.
The Lancet: More than 39 million deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections estimated between now and 2050, suggests first global analysis
New forecasts from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project suggest that bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will cause 39 million deaths between 2025 and 2050 – which equates to three deaths every minute.
2024 GBD Emerging Researcher Award winners recognized for advancing global health research
IHME announced today Dr. Mirza Balaj and Dr. Mahdi Safdarian as the winners of the 2024 GBD Emerging Researcher Award.
Lackluster prioritization of the health sector in government spending and dwindling donor contributions drive slow growth in health spending in Sub-Saharan Africa
Around the world total health spending is expected to rise as a share of GDP, but in Sub-Saharan Africa it is expected to decrease.
IHME’s 2024 Roux Prize awarded to Community Health Impact Coalition CEO – recognized for contributions to improve population health
CHIC’s CEO and co-founder Dr. Madeleine Ballard will receive a $100,000 award for research and advocacy alongside community health workers to improve health outcomes in remote communities.
Air pollution accounted for 8.1 million deaths globally in 2021, becoming the second leading risk factor for death, including for children under 5 years
Comprehensive new report details health impacts of air pollution, which has moved ahead of tobacco and poor diet as a risk factor for death.
Global life expectancy to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite geopolitical, metabolic, and environmental threats, reports new global study
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females between 2022 and 2050.
The number of people experiencing poor health and early death caused by metabolism-related risk factors such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high BMI has increased by 50% since 2000, reveals new global study
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet, provide new insights into health challenges and the risk factors that are driving them.
The Lancet Public Health: Global study reveals stark differences between females and males in major causes of disease burden, underscoring the need for gender-responsive approaches to health
Globally, there are substantial differences between females and males (aged 10 and older) when it comes to health, with limited progress in bridging these health gaps over the past 30 years.