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More than one-fifth of the global headache burden was linked to pain medication overuse, highlighting major opportunities for safer pain management and improved access to care.

In 2023, 10.5 million people were living with Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease primarily transmitted by infected insects.

The number of adults living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has more than doubled since 1990, reaching nearly 800 million, and signaling a growing global health crisis. CKD was the ninth-leading cause of death worldwide (totaling 1.5 million people) in 2023, according to research using IHME's Global Burden of Disease 2023 study data published in The Lancet.

In 2021, there were an estimated 92,800 deaths attributable to bacterial AMR in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), according to a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health using GBD study data.

In 2021, there were an estimated 166 million sepsis cases and 21.4 million all-cause sepsis-related deaths globally, representing 31.5% of total global deaths.

Headache disorders, especially migraine and tension-type headache, are among the most common and disabling conditions worldwide

Dr. Adekemi Adeniyan, Executive Director of the Dentalcare Foundation, rural dentist, and advocate for oral health advancement in Nigeria, has been named IHME’s 2025 Roux Prize winner.

This session launched the GBD 2023 results and their discussion in The Lancet, providing a foundation for evidence-based dialogue on health challenges and opportunities.

Causes of death are shifting from infectious to non-communicable diseases, creating new global health challenges, particularly for low-income countries

Almost half of the global mortality and morbidity in 2023 was attributable to 88 modifiable risk factors

Despite population growth and aging, the 2023 global age-standardized mortality rate declined 67% since 1950

Key findings, data, and results from the GBD 2023 Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors capstone publication

Findings from a GBD 2023 Causes of Death capstone publication

Research and estimates from the GBD 2023 All-cause Mortality capstone publication

Kara Estep, Director of Research Operations at IHME, presents an overview of the dimensions of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.