United States (US) health

A new study by IHME shows how life expectancy differs radically across the US by location, economic situation, and race and ethnicity.

In a new study published in The Lancet Public Health, researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) examined which counties performed highest on the Triple Aim, a framework that includes positive patient experience, low health care spending per person, and good health outcomes.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) carried out the largest-ever study synthesizing evidence of air pollution and dementia.

A new analysis reveals stark disparities within the United States and highlights the urgency of tackling deeply rooted structural inequalities through social programs.

The gap between the US states that spend the most and least on health is wide, and varied growth rates mean that the gap between those who spend the most and the least is only increasing. More than 45% of the differences in health spending can be explained by income and regional prices, but much of the variation remains unexplained.

New analysis suggests that recommendations for how much one can  drink should be based on age and local disease rates. 

Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking has decreased steadily around the globe. However, as populations have grown, the total number of smokers around the world has increased.

Global prevalence of young smokers has decreased, but in some regions the absolute number is increasing.