Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

H Wang; M Naghavi; C Allen; RM Barber; A Carter; DC Casey; FJ Charlson; AZ Chen; MM Coates; M Coggeshall; L Dandona; DJ Dicker; HE Erskine; AJ Ferrari; C Fitzmaurice; K Foreman; MH Forouzanfar; MS Fraser; N Fullman; EM Goldberg; N Graetz; JA Haagsma; SI Hay; C Huynh; CO Johnson; NJ Kassebaum; XR Kulikoff; M Kutz; HH Kyu; HJ Larson; J Leung; SS Lim; M Lind; R Lozano; N Marquez; J Mikesell; AH Mokdad; MD Mooney; G Nguyen; E Nsoesie; DM Pigott; C Pinho; GA Roth; L Sandar; N Silpakit; A Sligar; RJD Sorensen; J Stanaway; C Steiner; S Teeple; BA Thomas; C Troeger; A VanderZanden; SE Vollset; V Wanga; HA Whiteford; T Wolock; L Zoeckler; T Achoki; A Afshin; LT Alexander; GM Anderson; B Bell; S Biryukov; JD Blore; A Brown; J Brown; K Cercy; A Chew; AJ Cohen; F Daoud; E Dossou; K Estep; A Flaxman; J Friedman; J Frostad; WW Godwin; J Hancock; L Kemmer; IA Khalil; PY Liu; F Masiye; A Millear; M Mirarefin; A Misganaw; M Moradi-Lakeh; K Morgan; M Ng; A Pain; J Quame-Amaglo; P Rao; MB Reitsma; KA Shackelford; P Sur; JA Wagner; T Vos; AD Lopez; CJL Murray; RG Ellenbogen

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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

H Wang, M Naghavi, C Allen, RM Barber, A Carter, DC Casey, FJ Charlson, AZ Chen, MM Coates, M Coggeshall, L Dandona, DJ Dicker, HE Erskine, AJ Ferrari, C Fitzmaurice, K Foreman, MH Forouzanfar, MS Fraser, N Fullman, EM Goldberg Show all

Lancet | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1

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Abstract

Background Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends. The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015) provides a comprehensive assessment of all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1980 to 2015. These results informed an in-depth investigation of observed and expected mortality patterns based on sociodemographic measures. Methods We estimated all-cause mortality by age, sex, geography, and year using an improved analytical approach originally developed for GBD 2013 and GBD 2010. Improvements included refinements to the estimation of chi..

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