Over 95% of global population suffer from health problems

Only 4.3% of the world’s population have no health issues, with growth in the aging population potentially playing a part in the significant increase of illness, according to recently released data from The Lancet. “The implications of our findings are substantial. By extending the [Global Burden of Disease Study] analysis to report the commonly understood measures of morbidity and disability in populations, by age, by sex, by country and over time, this study represents an enormous resource for national, regional, and global policy debates about health priorities, not just to (Read more...)

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