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Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) All-cause Mortality and Life Expectancy 1950-2017

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1950 - 12/2017
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), 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.

Estimates of life expectancy and all-cause mortality, including under-5 mortality, are available from the GBD Results Tool. Estimates are available by age, sex, and location for 1990-2017. Select tables published in The Lancet in November 2018 in "Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” are also available for download via the “Files” tab above.

For additional GBD results and resources, visit the GBD 2017 Data Resources page.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Child mortality, Infant mortality, Life expectancy, Mortality, Stillbirths
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Contributors 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2018
Suggested citation 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) All-cause Mortality and Life Expectancy 1950-2017. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2018.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 30, 2019