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Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

The Lancet · 2016 · Vol. 388(10053) · pp. 1459–1544

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Abstract

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Health and Conflict Studies Climate Change and Health Impacts Healthcare cost, quality, practicesLife expectancyCause of deathDiseaseDemographyBurden of diseaseMortality rateMedicineEnvironmental healthInternal medicinePopulation

MeSH terms

Cause of DeathCommunicable DiseasesHumansLife ExpectancyMortalityGlobal HealthMortality, Premature

Funding

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
United States Agency for International Development
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Massachusetts General Hospital
George Mason University
Brown University
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wayne State University
University of Pennsylvania
Emory University
Oklahoma State University
George Washington University
School of Medicine, Wayne State University
Arkansas State University
Aarhus Universitet
Brandeis University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Louisville
University of Cincinnati
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Queen Mary University of London
Virginia Commonwealth University
Arabian Gulf University
Wellcome Trust
University of Massachusetts Boston
Birzeit University
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Children's National Hospital
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
Imperial College London
King's College London
University of Aberdeen
University of Tasmania
Swansea University
South African Medical Research Council
National University of Singapore
Public Health Foundation of India
University College Cork
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
James Cook University
Sun Yat-sen University
Seoul National University
Central South University
Fudan University
Universitat de València
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Simon Fraser University
Universiteit Gent
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Universität Bielefeld
Universitat de Barcelona
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
University of Delhi
University of Cape Town
Arak University of Medical Sciences
University of Gondar
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
University of Peradeniya
Secretaría de Salud
Fakultet Medicinskih Nauka, Univerziteta U Kragujevcu
National Health Laboratory Service
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Aswan University
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
Medical Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Russian Academy of Sciences
Wageningen University and Research
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado School of Public Health

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