Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at UW Vision: All people living long lives in full health.

An independent population health research organization based at the University of Washington School of Medicine, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) works with collaborators around the world to develop timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence that illuminates the state of health everywhere. In making our research available and approachable, we aim to inform health pol

icy and practice in pursuit of our vision: all people living long lives in full health. Mission: IHME delivers to the world timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. Research: IHME’s research is organized around answering three critical questions that are essential to understanding the current state of population health and the strategies necessary to improve it. What are the world's major health problems? How well is society addressing these problems? How do we best dedicate resources to maximize health improvement? At the same time, we are expanding the field of health metrics by training the next generation of global health leaders in a science that is both accountable and transparent. We are also commited to data transparency and sharing and have launched the Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) where methods and results will be freely accessible to all. Thanks to long-term funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and support from the state of Washington, we have been able to set an ambitious agenda for the Institute.

Sub-Saharan Africa had the greatest declines in both HIV incidence (64.3%) and mortality (74.6%) between 2003 and 2023, ...
09/01/2026

Sub-Saharan Africa had the greatest declines in both HIV incidence (64.3%) and mortality (74.6%) between 2003 and 2023, while Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia recorded the highest increases in incidence rates (232.1%) and mortality rates (37.8%) during this period.

A recent study from IHME published in The Lancet HIV estimated the global burden of HIV/AIDS, the potential contributions of IPV, and forecasts to 2030 related to global health funding cuts: http://ms.spr.ly/6185aTZBZ

08/31/2026

IHME researchers will be attending the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 2026 conference in Munich to present on a variety of environmental risks affecting global health around the world, including: wildfires, air pollution, flood-related disease burden, pesticide exposure, lead exposure, the health effects of glyphosate, and more.

Learn about the programs at ISEE: http://ms.spr.ly/6184aMbzg

Upcoming presentations from IHME experts:

• August 31, 2026
– Global Forecasts of Disease Burden from Wildfire and Non-Wildfire Ambient Particulate Matter Air Pollution under multiple Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) scenarios until 2100
– Global Flood-Related Disease Burden from 2025 to 2100: A Systematic Analysis Across Climate Scenarios
– Occupational and Environmental Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson’s Disease Risk

• September 2, 2026
– Lead exposure as a top-10 global risk factor: new methods and findings from GBD 2023
– Forecasts of global, regional, and national and sub-national disease burden of climate change: A Multi-Pathway Analysis of scenarios (2025–2100)
– Health effects of glyphosate on risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and preterm birth: a Burden of Proof study

Women drove most of the global health workforce growth between 1990 and 2023, according to new IHME research published i...
08/31/2026

Women drove most of the global health workforce growth between 1990 and 2023, according to new IHME research published in The Lancet Public Health.

In 2023, women made up 80.7% of nurses, 96.0% of midwives, and 89.5% of community health workers worldwide, while accounting for less than half of doctors.

The findings reveal substantial differences in women’s representation across health professions as the global workforce continues to expand.

Read the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 study: http://ms.spr.ly/6187aPyFF

Gains in life expectancy (LE) were very uneven across racial/ethnic groups in the US between 2000 and 2019. While Black,...
08/28/2026

Gains in life expectancy (LE) were very uneven across racial/ethnic groups in the US between 2000 and 2019. While Black, Asian, and Latino populations saw meaningful increases, White Americans saw a smaller gain, and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations saw no net improvement in LE, according to research from IHME published in The Milbank Quarterly.

In addition to examining national trends, authors focused on county-level LE across racial/ethnic groups and found major variations — LE ranged from 64.5 to 91.7 years. Geographic social, economic, and environmental conditions heavily influenced trends across US counties.

Read the research: http://ms.spr.ly/6188auihY

Learn more about comprehensive findings across 3,110 US counties: http://ms.spr.ly/6182auiho

A recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 study from IHME highlights the major health and economic burden of road inj...
08/27/2026

A recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 study from IHME highlights the major health and economic burden of road injuries worldwide.

Motor vehicle crashes accounted for the largest share of injuries and deaths, causing 19.8 million injuries and 518,000 deaths, while pedestrian injuries caused nearly one-third of all road injury deaths.

With road injuries projected to cost the global economy US$1.8 trillion between 2015 and 2030, stronger investment in safer transportation systems, road safety policies, and emergency care will be essential to reduce future deaths and disability.

Read the research: http://ms.spr.ly/6185a3B3N

While the annual number of new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths declined worldwide, the number of people living wit...
08/26/2026

While the annual number of new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths declined worldwide, the number of people living with HIV rose from 26.3 million in 2003 to 42.4 million in 2023, and women continued to have higher prevalence than men. Intimate partner violence (IPV) was associated with an estimated 10.7% of HIV-related deaths among females aged 15 years and older globally in 2023, corresponding to 40,700 deaths.

New research from IHME estimated the global burden of HIV/AIDS, the potential contributions of IPV, and forecasts to 2030 related to global health funding cuts.

Read the study: http://ms.spr.ly/6187aPFRP

The world needs an estimated 34.4 million additional health workers to achieve moderate levels of universal health cover...
08/25/2026

The world needs an estimated 34.4 million additional health workers to achieve moderate levels of universal health coverage, according to new IHME research published in The Lancet Public Health.

This includes 23.9 million nurses and midwives, 7.1 million doctors, 1.8 million dentists, and 1.6 million pharmacists.

The largest workforce shortages are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting substantial disparities in access to health workers around the world.

Read the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 study: http://ms.spr.ly/6184aPy3p

Progress toward reducing oral conditions varied across geographic locations from 2019 to 2023, according to new IHME res...
08/23/2026

Progress toward reducing oral conditions varied across geographic locations from 2019 to 2023, according to new IHME research published in The Lancet Public Health.

– South Asia had the largest reductions in the age-standardized prevalence of the main oral conditions (−3.34%) and untreated caries in deciduous teeth (−9.09%).

– Sub-Saharan Africa showed the largest increase in prevalent cases of the main oral conditions (9.51%) and age-standardized incidence of lip and oral cavity cancer (14.86%).

– High‑income regions had an increase in the age-standardized prevalence of the main oral conditions (1.24%) and untreated caries in deciduous teeth (9.21%).

• Read the study: http://ms.spr.ly/6183a38kH

The burden of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, or “bad cholesterol”) impacted men more than women, accor...
08/22/2026

The burden of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, or “bad cholesterol”) impacted men more than women, according to a recent IHME study published in JAMA. In 2023, the number of LDL-C-related disability-adjusted life years was higher in men than women: 55.0 million versus 35.7 million.

Read the research: http://ms.spr.ly/6188a3Bfe

While road injury mortality has declined globally, progress has been uneven. New IHME research published in The Lancet P...
08/21/2026

While road injury mortality has declined globally, progress has been uneven. New IHME research published in The Lancet Public Health found that six countries experienced increases in road injury mortality between 2010 and 2023.

The study provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the global burden of road injuries across 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2023.

Read the research: http://ms.spr.ly/6180a36D2

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