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Arab World Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) Results 1990-2010

General Info

Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
North Africa and Middle East
Coverage type 
GBD region
Time period covered 
January, 1990 - December, 2010
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

Published in The Lancet in January 2014, "The state of health in the Arab world, 1990-2010: an analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors" study estimated causes of death, DALYs, YLDs, and YLLs by age and sex for 1990, 2005, and 2010 by three regions based on gross national income: low-income countries (Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania, Yemen, Somalia), middle-income contries (Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia), and high-income countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates).

These results and comparisons to other countries are also available in online data visualization tools.

Keywords 
Causes of death, DALYs, Mortality, YLDs, YLLs

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 
2014
Suggested citation 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Arab World Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) Results 1990-2010. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2014.

Source URL: https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/arab-world-global-burden-disease-study-2010-gbd-2010-results-1990-2010