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Christopher J L Murray

Researcher at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Publications -  833
Citations -  393064

Christopher J L Murray is an academic researcher from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 209, co-authored 754 publications receiving 310329 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher J L Murray include Harvard University & University of Washington.

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Global, regional, and national burden of migraine and tension-type headache, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

TL;DR: New estimates for prevalence and years of life lived with disability (YLDs) for migraine and tension-type headache using data from the GBD 2016 study show that headache disorders, and migraine in particular, are important causes of disability worldwide, and deserve greater attention in health policy debates and research resource allocation.
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Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

TL;DR: This work estimated life tables and annual numbers of deaths for 187 countries from 1970 to 2010 and developed a model to extrapolate mortality to 110 years of age, finding substantial heterogeneity exists across age groups, among countries, and over different decades.
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Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis

TL;DR: More policy attention is needed to strengthen established health-system responses to reduce breast and cervical cancer, especially in developing countries.