Below are links to data visualizations, data, publications, country profiles, and other resources from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016).
On this page:
- Data visualizations
- GBD Results Tool
- GBD 2016 Online Tools Overview
- GHDx Records
- GBD Data Input Sources Tool
- Country Profiles
- Results data available upon request
- Code
Data Visualizations
Interact with the latest GBD estimates, comparing causes, injuries, risks across time, age, and place.
GBD Results Tool
The tool allows download of full GBD results data in CSV format.
What's included:
- All GBD causes, risks, etiologies, impairments
- Measures: Deaths, Years of life lost (YLLs), Years lived with disability (YLDs), Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), Prevalence, Incidence, Summary exposure value (SEV), Life expectancy, Healthy life expectancy (HALE), Maternal mortality ratio (MMR)
- Metrics (units): Number, rate, percent, years
- Years: 1990-2016
- All GBD age groups
- Sexes: Males, Females, Both sexes
- Locations: GBD super regions, regions, countries, select subnational units
GBD 2016 Online Tools Overview
This basic guide to GBD's suite of web‐based tools provides an overview of what data users can expect to view and download from each tool. It also includes definitions for the measures and other dimensions of the data, value lists for each dimension, and more.
GHDx Records
Causes mapped to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) versions 9 and 10 codes
Socio-demographic Index (SDI) values
45q15 death distribution methods (DDM) data input sources
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Death percent of all causes, Death rate, Life expectancy, Number of deaths
Related Publications: Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Select Lancet Article Tables
Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) Cause-Specific Mortality 1980-2016
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Cause of death, Death rate, Number of deaths, Number of years of life lost (YLLs)
Related Publications: Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Select Lancet Article Tables
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Number of years lived with disability (YLDs), Incidence, Prevalence
Related Publications: Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Select Lancet Article Tables
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), Healthy life expectancy (HALE)
Related Publications: Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 332 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Select Lancet Article Tables
Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) Burden by Risk 1990-2016
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Number of deaths, Number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
Related Publications: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Select Lancet Article Tables
Note: These files include for each risk:
- Theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL)
- Relative risk
Results as appearing in The Lancet
Indicators: Refer to Keywords listed in the record.
Related Publications: Measuring progress and projecting attainment based on past trends of the health‐related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Files available for download: Scaled and Unscaled Values; Overview and Indicator Outline
Data Input Sources Tool
The Data Input Sources Tool allows users to explore GBD 2016 input data sources and retrieve relevant metadata.
Country profiles
The profiles provide a snapshot of the health landscape of each GBD country. They are a printable quick reference designed with the casual reader in mind.
Results data available upon request
- Duration by cause
- Risk factor exposure
- By sequelae: YLDs, prevalence, incidence
Code
Access the code used to generate the GBD results.
