3. Amassing the best evidence on the state of the
world’s health
• 291 diseases and injuries
• 1,160 disabling sequelae of these diseases and
injuries
• 67 risk factors
• 20 age groups, two sexes
• 187 countries
• 1990-2010
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4. Enhanced scientific rigor for global descriptive
epidemiology
• Statistical methods designed for the challenges of
global health data developed and applied.
• All figures have 95% uncertainty intervals.
• Multiple efforts at validation, e.g., deaths by cause
must add up to 100%; anemia by cause must add
up to total anemia.
• Data visualization environments used as quality
control tools.
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5. Five high-level observations and 650 million
results
• GBD 2010 has 650 million different findings.
• Bird’s-eye view provides five main messages, but
detailed findings are important for many diseases,
injuries, risks and for different regions and countries.
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6. 1) Outside of sub-Saharan Africa rapid demographic change
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