News releases
Read the latest news from IHME about published research.
The Lancet: More than half of adults and a third of children and adolescents predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world’s adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and adolescents (746 million) are forecast to be living with overweight or obesity by 2050.
About 740,000 global deaths from suicide occur annually—that’s one death every 43 seconds
Every minute, four males and six females need inpatient treatment due to suicide attempts.
Most comprehensive study on US health care spending by county reveals wide variation
Examining the trillions of dollars Americans spend on their medical needs revealed that the US is a nation of 3,110 different health care systems, and utilization rates were the main driver of vast cost variations.
US college graduates live an average of 11 years longer than those who never finish high school
Over the course of two decades, the lifespan of college graduates increased by 2.5 years to 84.2 years.
Diarrheal diseases remain a leading killer for children under 5, adults 70+
New global study reports a 60% drop in global mortality from diarrheal diseases, but children and the elderly still have the highest death rates, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Increases in U.S. life expectancy forecasted to stall by 2050, poorer health expected to cause nation’s global ranking to drop
The U.S. is failing to keep pace with dozens of countries around the world due to the steady decline of the nation’s health progress, according to a detailed analysis of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., published in The Lancet.
Sub-saharan Africa leads global HIV decline: Progress made but UNAIDS 2030 goals hang in balance, new IHME study finds
A new study revealed significant progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS, alongside a stark warning that current trends indicate the world is not on track to meet the ambitious UNAIDS 2030 targets.
The Lancet: Deeply entrenched racial and geographic health disparities in the USA have increased over the last two decades—as life expectancy gap widens to 20 years
The differences in US health and life expectancy based on where an individual lives, the economic conditions in that location, and their racial and ethnic identity have increased over the last two decades, leading to substantial health disparities that divide the USA into ten mutually exclusive populations, which the study authors term “The Ten Americas”.
AARP and leading research organizations announce risk factors of dementia research findings
Today, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington announced the Dementia Risk Reduction Project, a new collaboration to study how factors – air pollution, alcohol use, depression, diabetes, high body mass index, hearing loss, hypertension, low education, physical inactivity, social isolation, smoking, and traumatic brain injury—vary by state and their correlation to dementia.
The Lancet: Without immediate action nearly 260 million people in the USA predicted to have overweight or obesity by 2050
Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity across the USA, at least doubling in adult men and women (aged 25 and older) and older female and male adolescents (aged 15-24 years) since 1990, with the number of people living with overweight and obesity reaching over 208 million in 2021.
First-of-its-kind analysis of US national data reveals significant disparities in individual well-being as measured by lifespan, education, and income
In the first analysis of its kind, the Human Development Index (HDI) was adapted to examine trends and inequities at the individual rather than the group level from 2008 to 2021.
New “Prevalence of glaucoma in the US in 2022” study finds higher prevalence of the eye disease than previously estimated
New research study estimates glaucoma and vision-affecting glaucoma prevalence by demographic factors, and by U.S. state and county.
The Lancet Public Health: Accelerating actions to eliminate tobacco smoking could help increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by 2050, modelling study suggests
Stepping up actions to eliminate smoking could increase global life expectancy by around five years by 2050, according to a study from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD) Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators published in The Lancet Public Health journal.
Superbugs could jeopardise food security for over two billion people and increase annual health care costs by US$ 159 billion annually by 2050, finds most extensive modelling to date
Data from more than 200 countries forecasts the full toll of drug-resistant pathogens on people, livestock and the economy and estimates a return on investment of 28 to 1 if the problem is addressed now.
The Lancet Neurology: Air pollution, high temperatures, and metabolic risk factors driving global increases in stroke, with latest figures estimating 12 million cases and over 7 million deaths from stroke each year
Although stroke is highly preventable and treatable, there has been a rapid rise in the global stroke burden between 1990 and 2021, due to both population growth and the rise of aging populations worldwide, as well as a substantial increase in people’s exposure to environmental and behavioural risk factors.