The GBD study quantifies health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved.

Oct 12, 2025 · The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive picture of mortality and disability across countries, time, age, and sex. It quantifies health loss from hundreds of …

Oct 12, 2025 · The GBD study offers a powerful resource to understand the changing health challenges facing people across the world in the 21st century. Led by the Institute for Health Metrics and …

Led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, GBD is a global effort with researchers from over 150 countries and territories.

This page provides a general overview of resources from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2023 and the suite of web-based tools used to disseminate these results.

Examining trends from 1990 to the present, the latest GBD study includes data on mortality and morbidity in 204 countries and territories, 371 diseases and injuries, and 88 risk factors.

Explore patterns of differences between females and males in the world’s health levels and trends from 1990 to 2023 using updated data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study in this interactive tool.