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Stephen S Lim

Researcher at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Publications -  246
Citations -  156171

Stephen S Lim 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 99, co-authored 219 publications receiving 117059 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen S Lim include Monash University & Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015. Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2015 Study

Nicholas J Kassebaum, +259 more
- 01 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: Global trends were driven by reductions in mortality owing to infectious, nutritional, and neonatal disorders, which in the aggregate led to a relative increase in the importance of noncommunicable diseases and injuries in explaining global disease burden.
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The burden of cardiovascular diseases among us states, 1990-2016

Gregory A. Roth, +118 more
- 01 May 2018 - 
TL;DR: Large disparities in total burden of CVD persist between US states despite marked improvements in CVD burden, and increases in risk-deleted CVD DALY rates between 2006 and 2016 in 16 states suggest additional unmeasured risks beyond these traditional factors.
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The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

TL;DR: The substantial heterogeneity in the state-level incidence rate and health loss trends of the different types of cancer in India over this 26-year period should be taken into account to strengthen infrastructure and human resources for cancer prevention and control at both the national and state levels.