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Observational studyBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2019

Contribution of specific diseases and injuries to changes in health adjusted life expectancy in 187 countries from 1990 to 2013: retrospective observational study.

He Chen, Gong Chen, Xiaoying Zheng, Yan Guo

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Observational study in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

He ChenDepartment of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Gong ChenInstitute of Population Research/APEC Health Science Academy, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Xiaoying ZhengInstitute of Population Research/APEC Health Science Academy, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China xzheng@pku.edu.cn guoyan@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1966-044X
Yan GuoDepartment of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China xzheng@pku.edu.cn guoyan@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1609-3224
Peking University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo quantify and compare the contribution of 306 diseases and injuries to the changes in health adjusted life expectancy at birth (HALE

designRetrospective demographic analysis based on aggregated data and using life table technique, Sullivan method, and decomposition method for differences in health expectancy.

settingThe globe, 21 regions, and 187 countries, covered in the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2013.

main outcome measuresCause specific contribution to changes in HALE

resultsBetween 1990 and 2013, global HALE

conclusionsBetween 1990 and 2013, the globe made achievements in not only promoting population health as a whole but reducing health inequality between countries. This study pinpoints the priority diseases and injuries for altering the declining health trend in 11 countries, for curbing the epidemic of non-communicable diseases in low and middle income countries, and for promoting compression of morbidity worldwide. The detailed country specific decomposition results of effects of diseases and injuries on change in population health will further facilitate the development of national health policies.

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Health StatusAgedAged, 80 and overCommunicable DiseasesFemaleGlobal HealthHumansLife ExpectancyMaleMortalityNoncommunicable DiseasesPersons with DisabilitiesResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSex DistributionWounds and Injuries

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PMID30917970
PMCPMC6435998
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