Junaid Razzak|M. Farooq Usmani|Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Global, regional and national burden of emergency medical diseases using specific emergency disease indicators: analysis of the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study
Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Hospital for Sick Children|SickKids Foundation
currently metrics measuring populationlevel burden emergency medical diseases emds study presents analysis burden emds using two metrics emergency disease mortality rate edmr emergency disease burden edb per 1000 population national regional global levelswe used 1990 2015 global burden disease study morbidity mortality data 249 medical conditions 195 countries thirtyone diseases classified emergency medical diseases based earlier published work developed two indicators one focused mortality edmr burden edb compared edmr edb across countries regions income groups compared metrics 1990 2015in 2015 globally 283 million deaths due emds emds contributed 507 mortality 415 burden diseases edb lowincome countries 44 times highincome countries edb african region 273 disabilityadjusted life years dalys per 1000 compared 100 dalys per 1000 european region 6 increase overall mortality due emds 1990 2015 globally injuries 22 ischaemic heart disease 17 lower respiratory infections 11 haemorrhagic strokes 7 made 60 emds 2015globally emds contributed half years life lost significant disparity edmr edb regions socioeconomic groups global level