Rekha Thapar

Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Damian Santomauro, Amirali Aali, Yohannes Abate et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Methods +15

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Gregory A. Roth, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Peng Zheng et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Policy, Public Health Practice +17

Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Katrin Seeher, Nicoline Schiess, Emma Nichols et al. · The Lancet Neurology · 2024 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +17

Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Marissa B Reitsma, Parkes Kendrick, Emad Ababneh et al. · The Lancet · 2021 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Preventive Medicine +17

Global, regional, and national burden of low back pain, 1990–2020, its attributable risk factors, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Manuela L. Ferreira, Katie de Luca, Jaimie D Steinmetz et al. · The Lancet Rheumatology · 2023 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16