Global data on the health burden of alcohol and drug use disorders, measured in age-standardized Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100,000 population. The dataset is published by the World Health Organization (WHO) via its Global Health Observatory (GHO). The specific temporal coverage, column details, and data collection methodology are not provided in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Comparing the relative health burden of substance use disorders across countries or regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling trends in substance-related DALYs over time for policy impact assessment (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking national substance use disorder burden against global averages (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform.
- Organization listed as the World Health Organization (WHO).
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global (inferred from platform tags)