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Daniel Howard Yergin (born February 6, 1947) is an American author, economic historian, and consultant within the energy and economic sectors. Yergin is vice chairman of S&P Global . He was formerly vice chairman of IHS Markit , which merged with S&P in 2022.
[5] The environmental burden of disease is defined as the number of DALYs that can be attributed to environmental factors. [4] [6] [7] Similarly, the work-related burden of disease is defined as the number of deaths and DALYs that can be attributed to occupational risk factors to human health. [8]
Daniel Bruce Klein (born January 16, 1962) is an American professor of economics at George Mason University and an Associate Fellow of the Swedish Ratio Institute. [1] Much of his research examines the works of Adam Smith , public policy questions, libertarian political philosophy, and the sociology of academia .
These defenders emphasize that disability weights are based not on a person's ability to work, but rather on the effects of the disability on the person's life in general. Hence, mental illness is one of the leading diseases as measured by global burden of disease studies, with depression accounting for 51.84 million DALYs.
The general definition of "global burden of disease" is the "collective disease burden produced by all the diseases in the world." [21] [81] 1990: Organization: The World Summit for Children takes place. The summit has the then-largest-ever gathering of heads of state and government to commit to a set of goals to improve the well-being of ...
"The burden of disease in Spain: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2010" 2010: December 2014: BioMed Central "Global burden of severe periodontitis in 1990–2010: a systematic review and meta-regression" 2010: September 2014: Journal of Dental Research "Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a ...
A more macro-level analysis from the Global Burden of Disease data conducted by Murray and others (2015) finds that while there is a global trend towards decreasing mortality and increasing NCD prevalence, this global trend is being driven by country-specific effects as opposed to a broader transition; further, there are varying patterns within ...
Disease burden is the impact of a health problem in an area measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators. There are several measures used to quantify the burden imposed by diseases on people. The years of potential life lost (YPLL) is a simple estimate of the number of years that a person's life was shortened due to a ...