Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015) Covariates 1980-2015
General Info
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015), coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), estimated the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors at the global, regional, national, territorial, and, for a subset of countries, subnational level.
Covariates, which are independent variables with a positive or negative relationship to GBD diseases and conditions, are used to inform the estimation process in all models of the GBD study. Types of covariates used include socioeconomic, demographic, health system access, climate, and food consumption. This dataset contains data for 296 covariates for 195 countries and territories, plus 4 United Kingdom subnational units for 1980-2015 used in the GBD 2015 study. Please note that data for England is not included for some covariates.