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Hywel C Williams

Researcher at Seoul National University

Publications -  2
Citations -  5054

Hywel C Williams is an academic researcher from Seoul National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Years of potential life lost & Life expectancy. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 4045 citations.

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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Haidong Wang, +844 more
- 08 Oct 2016 - 
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study provides a comprehensive assessment of all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1980 to 2015, finding several countries in sub-Saharan Africa had very large gains in life expectancy, rebounding from an era of exceedingly high loss of life due to HIV/AIDS.