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This page contains recent IHME global publications on the Global Burden of Disease Study and the GBD India publications by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. Click the underlined title to access the publication of choice. 

GBD India Publications

• Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India, and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. India: Health of the Nation’s States — The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. New Delhi: ICMR, PHFI, and IHME, 2017.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Collaborators. Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990-2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 2017; 390: 2437-2460. PMID: 29150201.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CVD Collaborators. The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Global Health 2018; 6: e1339-e1351. PMID: 30219317.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Diabetes Collaborators. The increasing burden of diabetes and variations among the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Global Health 2018; 6: e1352-e1362. PMID: 30219315.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CRD Collaborators. The burden of chronic respiratory diseases and their heterogeneity across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Global Health 2018; 6: e1363-e1374. PMID: 30219316.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Cancer Collaborators. The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Oncology 2018; 19: 1289-1306. PMID: 30219626.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Suicide Collaborators. Gender differentials and state variations in suicide deaths in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. Lancet Public Health 2018; 3: e478-e489. PMID: 30219340.

• Bhargava B, Paul VK. Informing NCD control efforts in India on the eve of Ayushman Bharat [Commentary]. Lancet 2018. PMID: 30219331.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Planetary Health 2019; 3: e26-e39. PMID: 30528905.

•  India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Malnutrition Collaborators. The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2019; 3: 855-870. PMID: 31542357.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Mental Disorders Collaborators. The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017. Lancet Psychiatry 2020; 7: 148-161. PMID: 31879245.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Road Injury Collaborators. Mortality due to road injuries in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017. Lancet Public Health 2020; 5: e86-e98. PMID: 31879251.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Child Mortality Collaborators. Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017. Lancet 2020; 395: 1640–58. PMID: 32413293.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CGF Collaborators. Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000-2017. EClinicalMedicine 2020; 22: 100317. PMID: 32510044.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planetary Health 2021; 5: e25-e38. PMID: 33357500.

• India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Neurological Disorders Collaborators. The burden of neurological disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019. Lancet Global Health 2021; 9: e1129-e1144. PMID: 34273302.

• The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

• The increasing burden of diabetes and variations among the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

IHME Global Publications

• Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

• Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

• Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality 

• Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios 2016-2040 for 195 countries and territories 

• Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 

• Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

Ischaemic Heart Disease

• Effects of elevated systolic blood pressure on ischemic heart disease: a burden of proof study

• Public knowledge of cardiovascular disease and response to acute cardiac events in three municipalities in Brazil

• The global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk: a compass for future health

• Ischemic heart disease overview

Lymphatic filariasis

• The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000 - 2018: a geospatial analysis

• Lymphatic filariasis overview

Chronic kidney disease

• Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990=2007: a systematic analysis for the Global of Disease study 2017

• GBD capstone appendix

• Chronic kidney disease overview

Overweight and obesity

• Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countris over 25 years