Abstract
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
Highlights
Tracking age-sex-specific death rates by cause is an essential component of health surveillance
A rating of 0 stars was assigned to 27 countries where no verbal autopsy (VA) or vital registration (VR) data were available over the period from 1980 to2016
Both the total number of deaths and age-standardised rates from CMNN causes decreased from 2006 to 2016; total CMNN deaths decreased by 23·9% (95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) 21·6–26·1), while age-standardised death rates decreased by 32·3% (30·3–34·2)
Summary
Tracking age-sex-specific death rates by cause is an essential component of health surveillance. Recent health challenges such as the emergence of Zika and Ebola viruses, or the ongoing challenges of interpersonal violence, conflict, drug deaths, and natural disasters, affect health-system decision making.[1,2] Rapid progress to reduce mortality is possible for some causes, as evidenced by previously documented declines in central Europe for cardiovascular disease death rates or decreasing mortality from malaria in eastern sub-Saharan Africa.[3] Trends in cause-specific mortality can inform decision makers about. Many groups publish periodically on specific causes for a subset of locations. The GBD study remains the only peer-reviewed, comprehensive, and annual assessment of mortality by age, sex, cause, and location for a long time series that complies with the GATHER guidelines
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