Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 estimates: implications for health policy and research

Over the past three decades, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) has produced several iterations of global estimates for various disease metrics. 1 Murray CJL The Global Burden of Disease Study at 30 years. Nat Med. 2022; 28: 2019-2026 Crossref PubMed Scopus (93) Google Scholar The latest iteration, GBD 2021, published in The Lancet as a series of Articles, includes estimates of the global disease burden including incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 371 diseases and injuries, at both the country level and subnational locations between 1990 and 2021. 2 GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries CollaboratorsGlobal incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024; (published online April 17.)https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00757-8 Google Scholar Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021Putting the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive list of causes of health loss is crucial to understanding its impact and ensuring that health funding and policy address needs at both local and global levels through cost-effective and evidence-based interventions. A global epidemiological transition remains underway. Our findings suggest that prioritising non-communicable disease prevention and treatment policies, as well as strengthening health systems, continues to be crucially important. Full-Text PDF Open Access