Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors (Lopez, Global Burden of Diseases and Risk Factors) by Alan D. Lopez |
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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides systematic epidemiological estimates for an unprecedented 150 major health conditions. Its methods and results are presented here, including: disaggregated death and disability data; projections to the year 2020; and risk factor evaluations. While it minutely examines causes of death, the GBD is unique in its inclusion of disability. The authors explore the technical bases and moral implications of incorporating social, physical, and mental disabilities in health assessments, explicating the indicator they have developed, the disability-adjusted life-year (DALY). The GBD provides indispensable global and regional data for health planning, research, and education.
The Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series details and analyzes global patterns of death and disability, providing a bold, comprehensive examination of the state of the world's health. The series is a project of the Harvard School of Public Health and is distributed by Harvard University Press.
About the Author
Christopher Murray is Associate Professor of International Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Alan Lopez is a scientist in the Programme on Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization, Geneva.
Alan Lopez is a scientist in the Programme on Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization, Geneva.
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