Global burden of disease and risk factors
By: Alan D. Lopez ... [et al.], editors
Contributors: Lopez, Alan D; Disease Control Priorities Project
Publisher: Oxford University Press; World Bank
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY; Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: World health; Diseases -- Risk factors; Health risk assessment; Population -- Health aspects
Description: Strategic health planning, the cornerstone of initiatives designed to achieve health improvement goals around the world, requires an understanding of the comparative burden of diseases and injuries, their corresponding risk factors and the likely effects of invervention options. The Global Burden of Disease framework, originally published in 1990, has been widely adopted as the preferred method for health accounting and has become the standard to guide the setting of health research priorities. This publication sets out an updated assessment of the situation, with an analysis of trends observed since 1990 and a chapter on the sensitivity of GBD estimates to various sources of uncertainty in methods and data.
Notes: "Disease Control Priorities Project"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index