Acting on Data

In honor of World Mental Health Day, we examine the prevalence of mental disorders worldwide, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and urge countries not to neglect the responsibility of caring for their citizens' mental health.

A new study from IHME analyzed data on police violence in the United States from 1980 to 2021 and found over half of deaths from police violence were misclassified or unreported. The researchers also found disproportionately higher rates of death in Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous people.

As National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, there is an opportunity to recognize and scrutinize the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has had on the Hispanic and Latino American demographic.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in disruptions to routine health services around the world like childhood vaccinations.

We describe how we use survey data to estimate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United States.

Commemorating the annual World No Tobacco Day and highlighting the significant toll that tobacco takes on populations with the worlds most comprehensive data and research from the IHME Tobacco Metrics Team the Global Burden of Disease collaboative. 

Maps of mask usage globally, and specifically in the United States, since April 20, 2020

One year after we published our first COVID-19 model, we take a look back at progress made, lessons learned, and how the world has changed.

Dr. Mokdad discusses the importance of ensuring vaccine access to any individual irrespective of their citizenship status, creating a national vaccination plan that heavily involves participation at the local level, details on the COVID-19 virus mutations, and more. 

La vacilación ante la vacuna y otros riesgos de comportamiento reducen la probabilidad de inmunidad colectiva.

Maps of vaccine confidence globally and specifically in the United States.

This week, IHME has decided not to release new projections due to significant delays in death reporting during and following the holidays.

20 figures from studies that our researchers and collaborators published in journals in 2020, as well as data visualizations, infographics, GIFs and designs from other IHME-affiliated projects.

The White House recently referenced a new COVID-19 forecasting model created by Dr. Christopher Murray and researchers in Washington state that predicts the state-by-state impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health systems in the United States. That model is our model.

Why do GBD researchers bother to use new and potentially unfamiliar metrics instead of tried-and-true, older ways of discussing disease, like prevalence and incidence? To illustrate how GBD metrics complement other population health metrics, let’s consider some standard public health metrics, and how GBD-specific metrics build on them.