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Meaza Girma Degefa

Researcher at Heidelberg University

Publications -  11
Citations -  15041

Meaza Girma Degefa is an academic researcher from Heidelberg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 11 publications receiving 8848 citations.

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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Gregory A. Roth, +1028 more
- 10 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: Non-communicable diseases comprised the greatest fraction of deaths, contributing to 73·4% (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 72·5–74·1) of total deaths in 2017, while communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causes accounted for 18·6% (17·9–19·6), and injuries 8·0% (7·7–8·2).
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Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Ashkan Afshin, +131 more
- 11 May 2019 - 
TL;DR: The consumption of major foods and nutrients across 195 countries is evaluated to quantify the impact of their suboptimal intake on NCD mortality and morbidity and to inform implementation of evidence-based dietary interventions.
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Catherine O. Johnson, +272 more
- 01 May 2019 - 
TL;DR: The results presented here are the estimates of burden due to overall stroke and ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke from GBD 2016, indicating that the burden of stroke is likely to remain high.
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Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Emma Nichols, +145 more
- 01 Jan 2019 - 
TL;DR: The first detailed analysis of the global prevalence, mortality, and overall burden of dementia as captured by the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study 2016 is presented, to highlight the most important messages for clinicians and neurologists.
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Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of disease Study 2016

Spencer L. James, +375 more
- 01 Jan 2019 - 
TL;DR: The incidence, prevalence, and years of life lived with disability (YLDs) from all causes of injury in every country are measured, to describe how these measures have changed between 1990 and 2016, and to estimate the proportion of TBI and SCI cases caused by different types of injury.