Global Burden of Disease 2015: DALYs and HALE for 315 Diseases, 1990-2015

Faculty Opinions recommendation of a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The dataset likely contains disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) estimates for 315 diseases and injuries across global, regional, and national levels. It was authored by Patrice Forget of the University of Aberdeen and published on the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling the temporal trend of disease burden for specific conditions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Comparing regional disparities in healthy life expectancy (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Benchmarking national health performance against global estimates (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the paperswithcode platform.
• Covers a 26-year time range from 1990 to 2015.
• Includes estimates for 315 distinct diseases and injuries.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Collection Method

Systematic analysis

Time Range

1990-2015

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Global, regional, and national