Disease Burden

Disease Burden is a population health metric that quantifies the gap between a population's current health status and an ideal state of health, measured in terms of premature mortality, disability, and risk factors, within the context of global health, health demography, and health education.

Publications

660.5K

Citations

29.7K

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2.6K

Variants

Burden Of DiseaseGlobal Burden Of Disease

Parents

Global HealthGlobal Health EducationHealth Demography

Children

Age-specific Disease BurdenBurden Of Communicable DiseasesBurden Of InjuriesBurden Of Noncommunicable DiseasesChild Health BurdenHealth LossMaternal Disease BurdenMental Health BurdenNeonatal Disease BurdenPopulation Health Burden

Publications

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Theo Vos, Stephen S Lim, Cristiana Abbafati et al. · The Lancet · 2020 · 19.2K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Methods +16

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Spencer L James, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate et al. · The Lancet · 2018 · 14K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Disease Surveillance +16

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Theo Vos, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate et al. · The Lancet · 2017 · 13.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Methods +16

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

Stephen S Lim, Theo Vos, Abraham D Flaxman et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 12K citations · Full text

Public Health, Chronic Disease Control, Chronic Disease Prevention +17

Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030

Colin Mathers, Dejan Lončar · PLoS Medicine · 2006 · 11.5K citations · Full text

Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology +16

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Authors

29.7K

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Christopher J L Murray
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
142 publications · 191.2K citations
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Theo Vos
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
115 publications · 141.5K citations
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Simon I Hay
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
88 publications · 127.2K citations
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AH
Ali H. Mokdad
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
95 publications · 104.9K citations
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Mohsen Naghavi
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States
76 publications · 110.7K citations
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Institutions

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Venues

The Lancet
92 publications · 173.5K citations
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PubMed
Repository · 310 publications · 23.9K citations
66
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PLoS ONE
196 publications · 13K citations
56
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BMC Public Health
165 publications · 9.7K citations
53
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PLoS neglected tropical diseases
58 publications · 3.8K citations
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