This report was prepared by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) based on seven papers for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) published in The Lancet (2012 Dec 13; 380). GBD 2010 had 488 co-authors from 303 institutions in 50 countries. The work was made possible through core funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The views expressed are those of the authors.
