Spencer L. James

TL;DR: The GBD (Global Burden of Disease) 2015 study integrated data on disease incidence, prevalence, and mortality to produce consistent, up-to-date estimates for cardiovascular burden, finding that CVDs remain a major cause of health loss for all regions of the world.

TL;DR: The enormous health loss attributable to viral hepatitis, and the availability of effective vaccines and treatments, suggests an important opportunity to improve public health.

TL;DR: In 2016, the global lifetime risk of stroke from the age of 25 years onward was approximately 25% among both men and women, and there was geographic variation in the lifetime risk, with the highest risks in East Asia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe.

TL;DR: The findings show that oral conditions remain a substantial population health challenge and offer an opportunity for policy makers to identify successful oral health strategies and strengthen them; introduce and monitor different approaches where oral diseases are increasing; and plan integration of oral health in the agenda for prevention of noncommunicable diseases.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) to improve and expand the quantification of personal health-care access and quality for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015.