Journal article
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Reliable and timely information on the leading causes of death in populations, and how these are changing, is a crucial input into health policy debates. In the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010), we aimed to estimate annual deaths for the world and 21 regions between 1980 and 2010 for 235 causes, with uncertainty intervals (UIs), separately by age and sex.
METHODS: We attempted to identify …
Authors
Lozano R; Naghavi M; Foreman K; Lim S; Shibuya K; Aboyans V; Abraham J; Adair T; Aggarwal R; Ahn SY
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 380, No. 9859, pp. 2095–2128
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61728-0
ISSN
0140-6736