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Dr. Damian Santomauro shares the latest findings on the global burden of autism.

Dr. Hmwe Kyu shares findings from the Global Burden of Disease showing that diarrheal diseases are causing fewer deaths than in 1990, but remain a significant burden on children under 5 and elderly populations.

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.

Dr. Christopher Murray shares findings from a series of papers published in The Lancet on US health.

IHME's Dr. Michael Arndt shares the latest findings on global nutrition targets set by the World Health Assembly in 2012.

Projecting future scenarios of life expectancy and disease burden in the US

Professor Ali Mokdad gives an overview of the burden of disease by US state, highlighting disparities by location and race and ethnicity

IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray shares insights from a new series of research articles examining health in the US

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.

A series of five new papers starkly describes the current health state of the US: growing disparity across socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic groupings that manifests in diverging health outcomes both within the country and relative to all other high-income and middle-income countries.

US leadership in global health activities has been a catalyst for global enthusiasm, creative initiatives, and much-needed funding for health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Over the last 18 months, the LATAM Network has charted progress on the commitment to strengthen the GBD Network and institutional partnerships in the region.

IHME Research Scientist Austin Carter shares new findings on global infections and deaths from HIV, with sub-Saharan Africa outperforming all other regions in reducing the number of people at risk for acquiring or transmitting the virus.

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.

Although the US spends more on health than any other country in the world, disparities in health outcomes between different demographics are increasing. Dr. Ali Mokdad explains the latest research using the "Ten Americas" framework to examine health disparities by race, ethnicity, and geography.

“The extent and magnitude of health disparities in American society are truly alarming in a country with the wealth and resources of the USA,” senior author Christopher J.L. Murray said.

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”.

The most comprehensive study of current and future trends in the United States finds that by 2050, 213 million adults and more than 43 million children and adolescents are expected to have overweight or obesity.

Fifteen members of the IHME community are honored as Highly Cited Researchers of 2024.

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.

Dr. Ng [Marie Ng, an affiliate associate professor at IHME] and her co-authors wrote that existing policies have failed to do enough to address the crisis, adding that “major reform” was needed to prevent it from worsening.