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Katherine T. Lofgren

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  21
Citations -  14572

Katherine T. Lofgren is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mortality rate & Population. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 12478 citations. Previous affiliations of Katherine T. Lofgren include University of Washington & Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

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Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Mohsen Naghavi, +731 more
- 10 Jan 2015 - 
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as discussed by the authors, the authors used the GBD 2010 methods with some refinements to improve accuracy applied to an updated database of vital registration, survey, and census data.
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Theo Vos, +689 more
- 22 Aug 2015 - 
TL;DR: In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper, the authors estimated the quantities for acute and chronic diseases and injuries for 188 countries between 1990 and 2013.
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray, +611 more
- 28 Nov 2015 - 
TL;DR: Patterns of the epidemiological transition with a composite indicator of sociodemographic status, which was constructed from income per person, average years of schooling after age 15 years, and the total fertility rate and mean age of the population, were quantified.
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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

Haidong Wang, +8 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
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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Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis

Rafael Lozano, +11 more
- 24 Sep 2011 - 
TL;DR: The aim was to update previous estimates of maternal and child mortality using better data and more robust methods to provide the best available evidence for tracking progress on MDGs 4 and 5.