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Around the world, efforts to prevent suicides are working, according to a new study from IHME and colleagues.

On average, 1 person dies from suicide every 43 seconds. IHME Research Scientist Gregory Bertolacci shares findings from a new study on global rates of suicide and self-harm, showing the progress made over the past 30 years, but ongoing challenges that remain to be addressed.

Every minute, four males and six females need inpatient treatment due to suicide attempts.

IHME Collaborator Dr. Nick Steel, shares the latest findings on life expectancy in Europe. Public policies to address risk factors like high cholesterol and blood pressure will be needed to improve population health.

Ambulatory care is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the health care industry. It is also the most expensive, according to a new set of studies published in JAMA and JAMA Health Forum.

Examining the trillions of dollars Americans spend on their medical needs revealed that the US is a nation of 3,110 different health care systems, and utilization rates were the main driver of vast cost variations.

A new study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation covers more than three-quarters of nationwide health spending last decade. Among the health conditions where more than $5 billion was spent overall, they found that autism had the fastest annual pace of growth, at 13%.

Health care spending in the US is expected to reach more than $7 trillion by 2031. New research by IHME examines US health care spending by county and health condition and finds significant variation.

Dr. Joe Dieleman discusses the latest research on health care spending in the US by state and county, type of care, age, sex, and payer.

Track how President Trump’s executive orders have jeopardized global health programs that rely on the United States

[A report measuring the state of public trust and discourse] finds that the U.S. economy is performing better than any of its peers and pulling away from the economies of Europe and Japan.

The health impacts of wildfires are observed years after the initial blazes.

Dr. Laura Dwyer-Lindgren shares new research on the impact of education on longevity in the US. The study shows that those who have graduated college are expected to live 10.7 years longer on average than those who have not graduated high school.

Called "Ten Americas," the analysis published late last year in The Lancet found that "one's life expectancy varies dramatically depending on where one lives, the economic conditions in that location, and one's racial and ethnic identity."

Over the course of two decades, the lifespan of college graduates increased by 2.5 years to 84.2 years.

Theo Vos, an epidemiologist and emeritus professor at the University of Washington who was not involved in the study, said that dementia is a difficult condition to consistently measure, in part because norms around listing it as the cause of death have varied by country and changed over time.

When it comes to life expectancy, the US is falling farther and farther behind its peers, according to IHME’s new research.

Dr. Damian Santomauro shares the latest findings on the global burden of autism.

Dr. Hmwe Kyu shares findings from the Global Burden of Disease showing that diarrheal diseases are causing fewer deaths than in 1990, but remain a significant burden on children under 5 and elderly populations.

New global study reports a 60% drop in global mortality from diarrheal diseases, but children and the elderly still have the highest death rates, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Dr. Christopher Murray shares findings from a series of papers published in The Lancet on US health.