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Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Data Resources

Below are links to data visualizations, data, publications, country profiles, and other resources from the most recent update to the Global Burden of Disease Study.

GBD 2016 data resources, including versions of the GBD Results Tool and GBD compare with 2016 results, are available here.

Data Visualizations

Use these visualizations to interact with the latest GBD estimates, comparing causes, injuries, risks across time, age, and place.

GBD Results Tool

This query tool allows download of full GBD results data in CSV format.

What's included:

  • All GBD causes, risks, etiologies, impairments, injuries by nature, and sequela aggregates
  • Measures: deaths, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), prevalence, incidence, life expectancy, probability of death, healthy life expectancy (HALE), maternal mortality ratio (MMR), and summary exposure value (SEV)
  • Metrics (units): number, rate, percent, years, probability of death
  • Years: 1990-2017; annual results for all measures
  • All GBD age groups
  • Sexes: males, females, both sexes
  • Locations: GBD super regions, regions, countries, select subnational units, and custom regions (WHO regions, World Bank Income Levels, and more)

Data Input Sources Tool

The Data Input Sources Tool allows users to explore GBD 2017 input data sources and retrieve relevant metadata.

GBD 2017 Online Tools Overview

This guide to GBD's suite of web‐based tools provides an overview of what data users can expect to view and download from each tool. It also includes definitions for the measures and other dimensions of the data, value lists for each dimension, and more.

Country profiles

The profiles provide a snapshot of the health landscape of each GBD country. They are a printable quick reference designed with the casual reader in mind.

Results data available upon request

  • Risk factor exposure
  • By sequelae: YLDs, prevalence, incidence

Code

Access the code used to generate the GBD results.

Datasets

Terms and Conditions of Data Use:

Data made available for download on the GHDx can be used, shared, modified, or built upon by non-commercial users via the Open Data Commons Attribution License. For more information (and inquiries about commercial use), visit IHME Terms and Conditions.

Record Related Publications and Visualizations Data and Documentation
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Population and Fertility 1950-2017
FileSize
Package icon Article Web Tables [XLSX]11.87 MB
File Table Index11.04 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet627.56 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) All-cause Mortality and Life Expectancy 1950-2017
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Package icon Select Article Tables [XLSX]2.25 MB
File Table Index10.66 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet626.7 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Cause-Specific Mortality 1980-2017
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Package icon Select Article Tables [XLSX]1.02 MB
File Table Index11.16 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet625.49 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Incidence, Prevalence, and Years Lived with Disability 1990-2017
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Package icon Select Article Tables [XLSX]258.63 KB
File Table Index10.48 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet626.25 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Disability-Adjusted Life Years and Healthy Life Expectancy 1990-2017
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Package icon Select Article Tables [XLSX]10.94 MB
File Table Index10.44 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet623.6 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Burden by Risk 1990-2017
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Package icon Select Article Tables [XLSX]632.32 KB
Package icon Relative Risk Tables [CSV]55.42 KB
File Table Index11.38 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet626.01 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators 1990-2030
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Package icon Index Values (Unscaled Values) and Codebook [CSV]4.81 MB
Package icon Index Values (Scaled Values) and Codebook [CSV]3.57 MB
File Article Table 2: Predicting global attainment of health-related SDG indicators [XLSX]25.36 KB
PDF icon Health-related SDGs Overview639.83 KB
File Indicator Outline17.26 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet686.55 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Population Estimates 1950-2017
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Package icon Population estimates: 1950-1954 [CSV]28 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1955-1959 [CSV]28.03 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1960-1964 [CSV]28.04 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1965-1969 [CSV]28.04 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1970-1974 [CSV]28.04 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1975-1979 [CSV]28.03 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1980-1984 [CSV]28.02 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1985-1989 [CSV]28.02 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1990-1994 [CSV]28 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 1995-1999 [CSV]27.99 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 2000-2004 [CSV]27.97 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 2005-2009 [CSV]27.95 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 2010-2014 [CSV]27.94 MB
Package icon Population estimates: 2015-2017 [CSV]17 MB
File Codebook15.1 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet729.05 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Fertility Estimates 1950-2017
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Package icon Annual age-specific fertility rate (ASFR) estimates, 1950-2017 [CSV]6.83 MB
File Codebook13.92 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet721.95 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) 1950–2017
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Package icon SDI index values by location,1950-2017, and 2017 groupings216.13 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet619.71 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Life Tables 1950-2017
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File Codebook: Full Life Tables15.02 KB
File Codebook: Abridged Life Tables14.81 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet723.54 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Reference Life Table
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File Reference Life Table8.95 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet679.2 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Causes of Death and Nonfatal Causes Mapped to ICD Codes
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Package icon ICD 9 and 10 codes mapped to the GBD causes of death and nonfatal causes62.33 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet614.52 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Cause, REI, and Location Hierarchies
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Package icon Cause, REI, and Locations Hierarchies [XLSX]119.2 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet531.84 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Disability Weights
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File GBD 2017 Disability Weights82.05 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet613.83 KB
Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017) Covariates 1980-2017
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File Codebook18.07 KB
File Covariate Descriptions34.01 KB
PDF icon Data Release Information Sheet705.83 KB