18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state-level estimates of disease burden and risk factors over time. Such comprehensive estimates have not been available so far for all major diseases and risk factors. Thus, aimed to estimate the disease burden and risk factors in every state of India as part of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2016.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/nations-within-nation-variations-epidemiological-transition-across-states-india-1990
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/epidemics
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
