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Achala Upendra Jayatilleke

Researcher at University of Colombo

Publications -  61
Citations -  39331

Achala Upendra Jayatilleke is an academic researcher from University of Colombo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 61 publications receiving 25292 citations. Previous affiliations of Achala Upendra Jayatilleke include Thomas Jefferson University & Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Jeffrey D. Stanaway, +1053 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: This study estimated levels and trends in exposure, attributable deaths, and attributable disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) by age group, sex, year, and location for 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or groups of risks from 1990 to 2017 and explored the relationship between development and risk exposure.
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Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Max Griswold, +518 more
- 22 Sep 2018 - 
TL;DR: It is found that the risk of all-cause mortality, and of cancers specifically, rises with increasing levels of consumption, and the level of consumption that minimises health loss is zero.
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Nicholas J Kassebaum, +682 more
- 08 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015) for all-cause mortality, cause-specific mortality, and non-fatal disease burden to derive HALE and DALYs by sex for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015.
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Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

Max Griswold, +509 more
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Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Nicholas J Kassebaum, +616 more
- 08 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015 for ages 10-54 years by systematically compiling and processing all available data sources from 186 of 195 countries and territories.