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Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) Population Estimates 1950-2016

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1950 - 12/2016
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016), coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), estimated the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for 195 countries and territories and at the subnational level for a subset of countries.

This dataset provides population estimates by location, age, and sex for 1950-2016. Data sources used to produce these estimates include World Population Prospects: 2015 Revision, from the United Nations Population Division, and the WHO Human Mortality Database.

Keywords 
Population
Citation
Contributors 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2017
Suggested citation 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) Population Estimates 1950-2016. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2017.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 30, 2019