Population health metrics

01 15 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00517-x

What drives and forecasts population longevity beyond income? Evidence from a cross-country panel

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Giovanna Morelli, Antonia Rosa Gurrieri, Tulia Gattone et al.

02 11 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00512-2

Locally derived transition probabilities for EQ-5D crosswalk in a Brazilian population: an alternative to European-based mapping algorithms

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Marcelo G. Correia, Vanessa R. Von Doellinger, Bernardo R. Tura et al.

03 7 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00518-w

Measuring miscarriages: a comparison of self-reported and healthcare register data in Finland

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Heini Väisänen, Hanna Remes, Lara Lehtoranta et al.

Background: Approximately one in four women experiences a miscarriage, which may affect fertility intentions and health. However, there is a lack of research on the topic, in part due to poor quality of miscarriage data. Both surveys and...

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04 3 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00515-z

Life-long burden of low birth weight in Bangladesh: disability weight development and DALY calculation

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Mary de Boer, Bryan Patenaude, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman et al.

Background: Low Birth Weight (LBW) – or weight at birth < 2,500 g – is a condition that affects approximately 15% of children globally and has health and developmental impacts spanning infancy through late adulthood. Calculations of life...

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05 1 October 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00519-9

Decoding inequality in years lived with disability: a cross-national age-based analysis from Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Burundi, and the Central African Republic

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Alpha Umaru Bai-Sesay, Daniel Karim Dauda Sesay, Rosetta Doreen Jones et al.

06 21 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00511-3

Compression or expansion of morbidity: evaluating life expectancy with and without cardiovascular diseases in Denmark

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Chiara Micheletti, Cosmo Strozza, Alyson van Raalte et al.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death in high-income countries and represent a major source of morbidity across the life course. Understanding how the time spent with CVD has evolved over time a...

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07 21 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00507-z

Automating narrative analysis to enhance computer-coded verbal autopsies: a scoping review

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Mahadia Tunga, Sangyal Dorjee, Isaac Lyatuu et al.

Mortality surveillance, including ascertainment of fact and cause of death, is crucial for understanding disease trends and informing public health interventions and policies. Verbal autopsy (VA) interviews conducted by trained lay inter...

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08 21 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00514-0

A standardised approach to systematically select risk-outcome pairs in environmental burden of disease research

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Tessa M.I. Haverkate, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Gunn Marit Aasvang et al.

Background: Environmental Burden of Disease (EBoD) quantifies health impacts attributable to environmental risk factors. The methodological choice on which risk-outcome pairs to include in EBoD studies is technically and conceptually dem...

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09 16 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00513-1

Cause of death contributions to life expectancy disparity in Fiji between Indigenous iTaukei and Fijians of Indian descent: a retrospective observational analysis of national mortality data from 2018 to 2023

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Christine Linhart, Serene Shrestha, Vineet Chand et al.

10 15 September 2026

DOI 10.1186/s12963-026-00510-4

Burden of anxiety disorders in Colombia: subnational DALY estimates and territorial inequalities, 2016–2022

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Oscar Alexander Gutierrez-Lesmes, Emilce Salamanca Ramos, Zulma Johana Velasco Páez

Background: Anxiety disorders are among the leading contributors to non-fatal health loss worldwide. However, subnational evidence on their burden and territorial distribution in Colombia remains limited. This study estimated the burden ...

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