Explore a groundbreaking data tool that revolutionizes global health measurement and visualization in this 14-minute TED talk. Discover how physician and health economist Christopher J.L. Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), is transforming our understanding of worldwide health patterns. Learn about the evolution of world health data, death rates by age, comprehensive health metrics beyond mortality, country-specific insights, and leading risk factors. Gain insight into the tool's development, its data sources, and the changing role of data scientists in public health. Understand the significance of this $100 million public health data revolution and its potential impact on global health initiatives.
What Does a $100 Million Public Health Data Revolution Look Like?
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
World Health Data
Death by age
Health is more than death
Country by country
Leading risk factors
The story behind this tool
The two sources of data
The evolution of data scientists
Why is this important
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