Would you compare the impact of smoking in Estonia and Argentina? A massive release of data today by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, Seattle, allows thousands of other comparisons of health data from 187 countries over the 2 decades.
In the latest update of the global burden of disease, injury, risk factors and study Study2010, the IHME researchers led by Christopher Murray provide analysis at the country level of mortality and disability due to 291 diseases and injuries, and 67 risk factors to 20 age group worldwide. The website has a rich set of visualization tools that allow visitors to explore the statistics for specific conditions, age groups, and periods of time.
Murray says these tools are a crucial part of the project. "We have put great efforts to try to make information accessible to a wide audience ... who should be engaged in debates about health," he said. "There is a huge amount of wealth details for each country here. It will take time to sort through them. I hope this will trigger a wave of questions "about how best to tackle the health problems of the world.
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