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The
Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series
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The Global Burden of
Disease Publication Series
Historically, there has
existed no reliable epidemiological data-set sweeping enough to identify
priorities for health services and research. The Global Burden of Disease
project (GBD) -- a worldwide collaboration of over 100 researchers,
sponsored by WHO and the World Bank and based at the Harvard School of Public
Health -- revolutionized health priority-setting when it first published
its findings in 1993. The widely publicized GBD presented a bold, new
analysis, providing the first plausible description of the world's health.
Now updated, the GBD's fifth, final round of
results are presented in the Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series.
This series comprehensively quantifies the burdens of 486 sequelae of 108 major causes of death and disability,
disaggregated by eight geographic regions and ten age-sex groups; risk
factors are evaluated and projections to the year 2020 are made. Seven
books in this series each present in detail the epidemiological data,
estimation methods, and results for a set of related cause. Other volumes
discuss general methods, data and national and global applications.
Executive
Summary:
the key findings of the series.
The Executive
Summary of The Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series presents the key findings of
Volume 1. The first section summarizes the concepts and methods involved in
developing a single measure of health status. Sections 2 through 5 present
the results for the 1990 assessments and section 6 summarizes the 2020
projections. The final section provides details and samples of the content
of Volumes I and II.
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Introduction
Section 1: The GBD's
Approach to Measuring Health Status
Section 2: How the World Dies Today
Section 3: Disability: The Invisible Burden
Section 4: The Global Burden of Disease in
1990
Section 5: Risk Factors for Death and Disability
Section 6: Looking Ahead: The Health of the
World in 2020
Section 7: Samples of the content of Volumes
I and II.
Order form: Information on how to obtain the
books in The Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series.
Volumes 1, 2, and 3
are currently available from the Harvard
University Press:
- Volume
1: The Global Burden of Disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality
and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in
1990 and projected to 2020.
- Volume
2: Global Health Statistics: a compendium of incidence, prevalence
and mortality estimates for over 200 conditions.
- Volume
3: Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction: the global burden
of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, maternal conditions,
perinatal disorders, and congenital anomalies.
The following
volumes are not currently available:
- Volume 4: The Global Epidemiology of
Infectious Diseases
- Volume 5: Global Perspectives on
Non-Communicable Diseases: the epidemiology and burdens of cancers,
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, respiratory disorders and
other major conditions.
- Volume 6: Neuro-Psychiatric
Disorders and Global Health: the epidemiology and burdens of
schizophrenia, dementia, substance use, epilepsy and affective,
neurotic and stress-related disorders.
- Volume 7: The Global Burden of
Injuries: mortality and disability from suicide, violence, war, and
unintentional injuries.
- Volume 8: Malnutrition and the
Burden of Disease: the global epidemiology of protein-energy
malnutrition, anemia and vitamin deficiencies.
- Volume 9: Quantifying Global Health
Risks: the burden of disease attributable to selected risk factors.
- Volume 10: Health Priorities and
Burden of Disease Analysis: methods and applications from global,
national and sub-national studies.
Order Forms: Harvard University Press
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