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Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021) Nervous System Disorders Estimates 1990-2021

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1990 - 12/2021
Series or system 
Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021), coordinated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), estimated the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for 204 countries and territories and selected subnational locations.

This dataset provides estimates for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years lived with disability (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), prevalence, and deaths for 37 individual conditions that impact the nervous system and aggregate health loss across all 37 conditions. Supplemental materials linked to the online publication describe data availability per condition.

Keywords 
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism, Brain and nervous system cancers, COVID-19, Chromosomal abnormalities, Congenital anomalies, DALYs, Diabetes, Down's syndrome, Echinococcosis, Encephalitis, Epilepsy, Fetal alcohol syndrome, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Headache, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Injuries, Klinefelter syndrome, Malaria, Meningitis, Migraine, Mortality, Motor neuron disease, Multiple sclerosis, Neonatal jaundice, Neonatal sepsis, Neural tube defects, Neurological conditions, Parkinson's disease, Preterm birth, Prevalence, Rabies, Risk factors, Stroke, Syphilis, Tetanus, YLDs, YLLs, Zika
Related publications and visualizations 
GBD 2021 Data Sources Tool
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 5, 2024