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Open AccessInequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study
Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) persist between and within European countries. There is a lack of studies giving insight...
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Open AccessBurden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a sco** literature review
Within the framework of the burden of disease (BoD) approach, disease and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease preventi...
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Open AccessMethodological considerations in injury burden of disease studies across Europe: a systematic literature review
Calculating the disease burden due to injury is complex, as it requires many methodological choices. Until now, an overview of the methodological design choices that have been made in burden of disease (BoD) s...
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Open AccessA systematic literature review of disability weights measurement studies: evolution of methodological choices
The disability weight is an essential factor to estimate the healthy time that is lost due to living with a certain state of illness. A 2014 review showed a considerable variation in methods used to derive dis...
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Open AccessDiabetes free life expectancy and years of life lost associated with type 2 diabetes: projected trends in Germany between 2015 and 2040
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) causes substantial disease burden and is projected to affect an increasing number of people in coming decades. This study provides projected estimates of life years free of type 2 diabete...
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Open AccessRedistributing ill-defined causes of death – a case study from the BURDEN 2020-project in Germany
The cause of death statistics in Germany include a relatively high share (26% in 2017) of ill-defined deaths (IDD). To make use of the cause of death statistics for Burden of Disease calculations we redistribu...
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Open AccessReflections on key methodological decisions in national burden of disease assessments
Summary measures of population health are increasingly used in different public health reporting systems for setting priorities for health care and social service delivery and planning.
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Open AccessCorrection to: Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessPopulation vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
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Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland
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Im Projekt BURDEN 2020 – Die Krankheitslast in Deutschland und seinen Regionen – werden anhand der amtlichen Todesursachenstatistik die durch vorzeitige Sterblichkeit verlorenen Lebensjahre (Years of Life Lost...
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Open AccessParticipation in group-based physical activity programmes for adults in Germany and associated factors: data from a nationwide cohort study
Characteristics of different participation groups can provide important information to increase participation in group-based physical activity programmes (GPAPs). This study examined four types of participatio...
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Open AccessMixing modes in a population-based interview survey: comparison of a sequential and a concurrent mixed-mode design for public health research
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Health-Risk Behaviour of Women and Men—Differences According to Partnership and Parenthood. Results of the German Health Update (GEDA) Survey 2009–2010
Beginning living with a partner and becoming a parent are major life events for both men and women, bringing important changes. These life changes may translate to a more responsible concern with lifestyle and...
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Open AccessTypical patterns of modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) in elderly women in Germany: results from the cross-sectional German Health Update (GEDA) study, 2009 and 2010
Modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) significantly affect morbidity and mortality rates and frequently occur in specific combinations or risk clusters. Using five MHRFs (smoking, high-risk alcohol consumptio...
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Open AccessProceedings of the International Workshop ‘From Global Burden of Disease Studies to National Burden of Disease Surveillance'
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Psychische und körperliche Gewalterfahrungen in den vergangenen 12 Monaten in der Allgemeinbevölkerung
Gewalterfahrungen können erhebliche psychosoziale und gesundheitliche Auswirkungen haben. In der bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Studie zur Gesundheit Erwachsener in Deutschland (DEGS1) wurde ein Instrument zur Er...
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Open AccessMode differences in a mixed-mode health interview survey among adults
Health interview surveys are important data sources for empirical research in public health. However, the diversity of methods applied, such as in the mode of data collection, make it difficult to compare resu...