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Diseases and injuries

Featured diseases and injuries

In collaboration with Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study collaborators, IHME produces estimates for more than 300 fatal and nonfatal causes along with in-depth analysis for the world's most pressing health issues. Below is a selection of the topics.

Health topic

COVID-19

COVID-19 was first identified in December, 2019 and was declared a global pandemic within months. While research on the disease and its outcomes is still in relatively early stages, the pandemic set off an unprecedented level of scientific collaboration and discovery.

Last updated
March 21, 2024
Health topic

HIV/AIDS

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). 

Last updated
April 4, 2024

Disease and injury factsheets

View two-page fact sheets on the 286 causes of death, 369 diseases and injuries, and 87 risk factors modeled in GBD and the health loss related to them.

Publications

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Scientific Publication

Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Austin Schumacher, Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Christopher J.L. Murray, Stephen Lim, Cat Antony, Gulrez Azhar, Catherine Bisignano, Katrin Burkart, Kelly Cercy, Eunice Chung, Kaleb Coberly, Haley Comfort, Ewerton Cousin, Garland Culbreth, Matthew Cunningham, Nicole Weaver, Lee Deitesfeld, Maegan Dirac, Kara Estep, Abraham Flaxman, Luisa Sorio Flor, John Fuller, Emmanuela Gakidou, Simon Hay, Darwin Jones, Molly Kassel, Cathleen Keller, Kasey Kinzel, Kris Krohn, Rafael Lozano, Erin May, Anna Laura McKowen, Susan McLaughlin, Max Mehlman, Ali Mokdad, Jon Mosser, Vincent Mougin, Mohsen Naghavi, Olivia Nesbit, Amanda Novotney, Yaz Ozten, Spencer Pease, David Pigott, Bobby Reiner, Hannah Robinson-Oden, David Shaw, Erica Leigh Slepak, Reed Sorensen, Nicholas Verghese, Stein Emil Vollset, Avina Vongpradith, Theo Vos, Denny Wang, Stefanie Watson, Marcia Weaver, Katherine Wells, Shadrach Wilson, Eve Wool, Peng Zheng
March 11, 2024
Scientific Publication

Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis

Emma Castro, Joseph Dieleman, Christopher J.L. Murray, Aleksandr Aravkin, Kayleigh Bhangdia, Jeremy Dalos, Erin Frame, Amy Lastuka, Theresa McHugh, Sam Ostroff, Peng Zheng, Joanne Amlag, Ryan Barber, Austin Carter, Rebecca Cogen, James Collins, Xiaochen Dai, William Dangel, Amanda Deen, Tatiana Fedosseeva, Abraham Flaxman, Nancy Fullman, John Giles, Gaorui Guo, Simon Hay, Jiawei He, Bethany Huntley, Vincent Iannucci, Kasey Kinzel, Kate LeGrand, Ali Mokdad, Hasan Nassereldine, Yaz Ozten, Maja Pašović, David Pigott, Bobby Reiner, Austin Schumacher, Elizabeth Serieux, Chris Troeger, Anh Vo, Theo Vos
March 23, 2023

Interactive data visuals

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Interactive Data Visual

Pandemic Recovery Survey

Use this tool to understand the effects of the pandemic on health care and health seeking behavior, attitudes and practices around vaccinations, education, and household financial and food security.

Last updated
October 2, 2023
Interactive Data Visual

Financing Global Health

Explore patterns of global health financing flows from 1990 to 2050.

Last updated
January 24, 2023
Interactive Data Visual

COVID-19 Projections

Explore forecasts of demand for hospital services, reported and excess deaths due to COVID-19, rates of infection and testing, and the impact of social distancing and mask use.

Last updated
December 16, 2022

Data input sources

The Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) is home to the world's most comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data. Your research starts here.

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