Standout Papers

Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, method... 2006 2026 2012 2019 22.0k
  1. Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 (2014)
    Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram et al. International Journal of Cancer
  2. Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008 (2010)
    Jacques Ferlay, Hai‐Rim Shin et al. International Journal of Cancer
  3. Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030 (2006)
    Colin Mathers, Dejan Lončar PLoS Medicine
  4. Estimating the global cancer incidence and mortality in 2018: GLOBOCAN sources and methods (2018)
    Jacques Ferlay, Murielle Colombet et al. International Journal of Cancer
  5. Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences (2008)
    Robert E. Black, Lindsay H. Allen et al. The Lancet
  6. Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: systematic analysis of population health data (2006)
    Alan D López, Colin Mathers et al. The Lancet
  7. Global prevalence of dementia: a Delphi consensus study (2005)
    Cleusa P. Ferri, Martin Prince et al. The Lancet
  8. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000 (2012)
    Li Liu, Hope L. Johnson et al. The Lancet
  9. Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders (2009)
    Jürgen Rehm, Colin Mathers et al. The Lancet
  10. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000–13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis (2014)
    Li Liu, Shefali Oza et al. The Lancet
  11. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic analysis (2010)
    Robert E. Black, Simon Cousens et al. The Lancet
  12. Global, regional, and national causes of under-5 mortality in 2000–15: an updated systematic analysis with implications for the Sustainable Development Goals (2016)
    Li Liu, Shefali Oza et al. The Lancet
  13. Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors (2006)
    Alan D López, Colin Mathers et al. The World Bank eBooks
  14. Global burden of disease in young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic analysis (2011)
    Fiona Gore, George Patton et al. The Lancet
  15. Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (2015)
    Leontine Alkema, Doris Chou et al. The Lancet
  16. World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010 (2015)
    Arie H. Havelaar, Martyn Kirk et al. PLoS Medicine
  17. Global burden of depressive disorders in the year 2000 (2004)
    T. Bedirhan Üstün, José Luís Ayuso‐Mateos et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry
  18. Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival (2014)
    Joy E Lawn, Hannah Blencowe et al. The Lancet
  19. The burden and costs of chronic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries (2007)
    Dele Abegunde, Colin Mathers et al. The Lancet
  20. Preventing stroke: saving lives around the world (2007)
    Kathleen Strong, Colin Mathers et al. The Lancet Neurology
  21. Prevalence of intellectual disability: A meta-analysis of population-based studies (2011)
    Pallab K Maulik, Maya Mascarenhas et al. Research in Developmental Disabilities
  22. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current burden and future projections (2006)
    Alan D López, Kenji Shibuya et al. European Respiratory Journal
  23. Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data. (2005)
    Colin Mathers, Doris Ma Fat et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
  24. Future life expectancy in 35 industrialised countries: projections with a Bayesian model ensemble (2017)
    Vasilis Kontis, James E. Bennett et al. The Lancet
  25. Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data (2009)
    George Patton, Carolyn Coffey et al. The Lancet
  26. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement (2016)
    Gretchen A Stevens, Leontine Alkema et al. The Lancet
  27. NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 (2018)
    James E. Bennett, Gretchen A Stevens et al. The Lancet
  28. Global variation in stroke burden and mortality: estimates from monitoring, surveillance, and modelling (2009)
    S. Claiborne Johnston, Shanthi Mendis et al. The Lancet Neurology
  29. The Burden of Mortality Attributable to Diabetes (2005)
    Gojka Roglić, Nigel Unwin et al. Diabetes Care
  30. The burden of disease and injury in Australia (2000)
    Colin Mathers, Theo Vos et al. Australian Health Review
  31. Global, regional, and national levels and trends in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2015)
    Danzhen You, Lucia Hug et al. The Lancet
  32. Global and regional hearing impairment prevalence: an analysis of 42 studies in 29 countries (2011)
    Gretchen A Stevens, Seth Flaxman et al. European Journal of Public Health
  33. Global burden of cancer in 2008: a systematic analysis of disability-adjusted life-years in 12 world regions (2012)
    Isabelle Soerjomataram, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent et al. The Lancet
  34. Global and regional causes of death (2009)
    Colin Mathers, Ties Boerma et al. British Medical Bulletin
  35. Neonatal Mortality Levels for 193 Countries in 2009 with Trends since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of Progress, Projections, and Priorities (2011)
    Mikkel Z. Oestergaard, Mie Inoue et al. PLoS Medicine
  36. Systematic review: Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low‐ and middle‐income settings: systematic review and meta‐regression (2014)
    Jennyfer Wolf, Annette Prüss‐Üstün et al. Tropical Medicine & International Health
  37. Causes of international increases in older age life expectancy (2014)
    Colin Mathers, Gretchen A Stevens et al. The Lancet
  38. Magnitude, demographics and dynamics of the effect of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in 21 industrialized countries (2020)
    Vasilis Kontis, James E. Bennett et al. Nature Medicine
  39. NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 (2020)
    James E. Bennett, Vasilis Kontis et al. The Lancet

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