IHME
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) provides data on the Global Burdens of Disease that can be accessed here http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. IHME provides data on multiple metrics that we pull into IFs, including deaths, DALYs, incidence, prevalence, violence and forecasts for each. The latest IFs data update for this series was in March 2025, covering 188 economies over the years 198/90-2021. There have been major changes in this update which will be noted below.
Instructions on Pulling IHME data
Preprocessors on Prevalence and Incidence
Update in March 2025
The data can be accessed from the GBD tool at http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. You can download the data based on the table below for each series. Python scripts used from last data pull can be accessed and adjusted for future data pulls. An updated country concordance table can be found here.
| Variable | GBD Estimate | Measure | Metric | Cause | Location | Age | Sex | Year | Decimal Places |
| ViolencePoliticalConflictTerror | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Conflict and terrorism | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 4 |
| ViolencePoliticalPoliceExecution | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Executions and police conflict | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 4 |
| ViolenceSelfHarm | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Self-harm | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 4 |
| SocietalViolenceDeathsTotal | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Interpersonal violence + Conflict and terrorism + Executions and police conflict | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 4 |
| ViolenceInterpersonChild | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Interpersonal violence against all children death rate | Select all countries and territories | 0-14 | Both | Select all | 4 |
| ViolenceInterpersonWomenAdult | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Interpersonal violence | Select all countries and territories | >= 15 | Female | Select all | 4 |
| DrOpiodPrevIHME | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Percent | Opioid Use Disorders | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 4 |
| DrugPrevalenceAmphetaminesIHME | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Percent | Amphetamine Use Disorders | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 5 |
| DrugPrevalenceCocaineIHME | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Percent | Cocaine Use Disorders | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 5 |
| IHMEDthsHIV | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Number | HIV/AIDs | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 5 |
| IHMEDthsMalar | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Number | Malaria | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 5 |
| IHMEInciHIVNumber | Cause of death or injury | Incidence | Number | HIV/AIDs | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | |
| IHMEInciMalariaNumber | Cause of death or injury | Incidence | Number | Malaria | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | |
| IHMEPrevHIV | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Percent | HIV/AIDs | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | 3 |
| IHMEPrevHIVNumber | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Number | HIV/AIDs | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | |
| IHMEPrevMalariaNumber | Cause of death or injury | Prevalence | Number | Malaria | Select all countries and territories | All Ages | Both | Select all | |
| ViolenceInterpersonOther | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Death rate from Interpersonal violence for males aged over 15 | Select all countries and territories | >= 15 | Both | Select all | |
| ViolenceInterpersonWomenChild | Cause of death or injury | Deaths | Rate | Deaths from interpersonal violence (Violence against women and children) | Select all countries and territories | Sum of Child and WomenAdult | Both | Select all |
Note:
- ViolenceInterpersonChild & ViolenceInterpersonWomenAdult have changed a lot, we identify the Age by comparing the trend of old data in IFsHistSeries and the new data from GBD.
- In March 2025, the ages have shifted from >20 for adults to >15. To get this data, do a summation of 15-19 and 20+
- Be aware of the definition of each preprocessor and its unit so that you can find the exact match in the IHME GBD variables.
- Some regions in IFs are not provided by IHME yet, we are encouraged to use proxies. For example, use Singapore, Albania, and Mali for Hong Kong, Kosovo, and Sahrawi respectively. Be mindful that for tables with units in rate or percent, proximal values can be directly applied; however, when values are in numbers or headcounts, you will need to borrow the population figures to apply values proportionally. To do this use SeriesPopulation. For instance, Kosovo’s number of deaths = Albania’s number of deaths * Kosovo’s Population / Albania’s Population.
Tables Used in Hist+Forecast Display
Update in March 2025
The data can be accessed from the GBD tool at http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. You can download the data based on the table below for each series. Note that a detailed death cause mapping table can be found here.
There are 45 tables in total related to detailed death tables in IFs. For each of 15 death causes in IFs, we have a total death table and two tables by sex group. These 45 tables can be searched by using the following naming conventions IHMEDths___, IHMEDths___Females, and IHMEDths___Males, where ___ denotes the cause of death in IFs. These 15 causes are, Cardio, Diabet, Diarrh, Digest, HIV, Intlj, Malar, MalNeopl, MentHlth, OthCD, OthNCD, OthUnintlj, Respinfec, Respiratory, Roadacc. Below is the causes used for each table:
| Table | Name in Source |
| IHMEDthsCardio | Cardiovascular diseases |
| IHMEDthsCardioFemales | Cardiovascular diseases |
| IHMEDthsCardioMales | Cardiovascular diseases |
| IHMEDthsDiabet | Diabetes mellitus |
| IHMEDthsDiabetFemales | Diabetes mellitus |
| IHMEDthsDiabetMales | Diabetes mellitus |
| IHMEDthsDiarrh | Diarrheal diseases |
| IHMEDthsDiarrhFemales | Diarrheal diseases |
| IHMEDthsDiarrhMales | Diarrheal diseases |
| IHMEDthsDigest | Digestive diseases |
| IHMEDthsDigestFemales | Digestive diseases |
| IHMEDthsDigestMales | Digestive diseases |
| IHMEDthsHIV | HIV/AIDS |
| IHMEDthsHIVFemales | HIV/AIDS |
| IHMEDthsHIVMales | HIV/AIDS |
| IHMEDthsIntIj | Self-harm and interpersonal violence |
| IHMEDthsIntIjFemales | Self-harm and interpersonal violence |
| IHMEDthsIntIjMales | Self-harm and interpersonal violence |
| IHMEDthsMalar | Malaria |
| IHMEDthsMalarFemales | Malaria |
| IHMEDthsMalarMales | Malaria |
| IHMEDthsMalNeopl | Neoplasms |
| IHMEDthsMalNeoplFemales | Neoplasms |
| IHMEDthsMalNeoplMales | Neoplasms |
| IHMEDthsMentHlth | Neurological disorders + Mental disorders + Substance use disorders |
| IHMEDthsMentHlthFemales | Neurological disorders + Mental disorders + Substance use disorders |
| IHMEDthsMentHlthMales | Neurological disorders + Mental disorders + Substance use disorders |
| IHMEDthsOthCD | Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthCDFemales | Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthCDMales | Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthNCD | Non-communicable diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthNCDFemales | Non-communicable diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthNCDMales | Non-communicable diseases, excluding individual causes in IFs |
| IHMEDthsOthUnintIj | Unintentional injuries |
| IHMEDthsOthUnintIjFemales | Unintentional injuries |
| IHMEDthsOthUnintIjMales | Unintentional injuries |
| IHMEDthsRespinfec | Lower respiratory infections + Upper respiratory infections + Otitis media + COVID-19 + Other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes |
| IHMEDthsRespinfecFemales | Lower respiratory infections + Upper respiratory infections + Otitis media + COVID-19 + Other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes |
| IHMEDthsRespinfecMales | Lower respiratory infections + Upper respiratory infections + Otitis media + COVID-19 + Other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes |
| IHMEDthsRespiratory | Chronic respiratory diseases |
| IHMEDthsRespiratoryFemales | Chronic respiratory diseases |
| IHMEDthsRespiratoryMales | Chronic respiratory diseases |
| IHMEDthsRoadacc | Transport injuries |
| IHMEDthsRoadaccFemales | Transport injuries |
| IHMEDthsRoadaccMales | Transport injuries |
Demographic Related IHME Preprocessors
Life Expectancy
Life expectancy data can be pulled from http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. The filters should be:
GBD Estimate All-cause mortality
Measure LE
Metric Years
Location All territories and countries
Age 0-6 days
Sex Both, Male, Female
Year All
| Variable | Age | Sex | Year | Metric Name | Decimal Places |
| LifeExpectIHMEBothSexesHistOnly | 0-6 days | Both | 1950-2021 | Years | 3 |
| LifeExpectIHMEMaleHistOnly | 0-6 days | Male | 1950-2021 | Years | 3 |
| LifeExpectIHMEFemaleHistOnly | 0-6 days | Female | 1950-2021 | Years | 3 |
Infant Mortality
Life expectancy data can be pulled from http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. The filters should be:
GBD Estimate All-cause mortality
Measure Life Tables
Metric Years
Location All territories and countries
Age Stated below
Sex Both
Year All
| Variable | Age | Sex | Year | Decimal Places |
| InfMortRateIHME | < 1 year | Both | 1950-2021 | 4 |
| Under5MortRateIHME | Summation of < 1 year and 2-4 year | Both | 1950-2021 | 4 |
Note:Under5MortRateIHME must be manually added together, the data can only be downloaded by separate age groups.
Tables in IFs.db
HealthDetailedDeathsCtry
Detailed instruction on pulling number of deaths for IFs death categories can be found here.