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	1. 1297 Accesses	Research National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences Gretchen A Stevens, Gitanjali M Singh, Yuan Lu, Goodarz Danaei, John K Lin, Mariel M Finucane, Adil N Bahalim, Russell K McIntire, Hialy R Gutierrez, Melanie Cowan, Christopher J Paciorek, Farshad Farzadfar, Leanne Riley, Majid Ezzati, the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index) Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:22 (20 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	2. 824 Accesses	Research Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence James P Boyle, Theodore J Thompson, Edward W Gregg, Lawrence E Barker, David F Williamson Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:29 (22 October 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Statistics show that diabetes prevalence is set to rise in the US adult population to 33% by 2050 and so implementation of preventative measures needs to be considered.
	3. 713 Accesses	Research Decomposing Indigenous life expectancy gap by risk factors: a life table analysis Yuejen Zhao, Jo Wright, Stephen Begg, Steven Guthridge Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:1 (29 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	4. 643 Accesses	Research Falling behind: life expectancy in US counties from 2000 to 2007 in an international context Sandeep C Kulkarni, Alison Levin-Rector, Majid Ezzati, Christopher JL Murray Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:16 (15 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary As the world's healthiest nations enjoy increasingly longer life spans, people living in most of the United States – especially women – are falling further behind with each decade.
	5. 595 Accesses	Review Systematic review of general burden of disease studies using disability-adjusted life years Suzanne Polinder, Juanita A Haagsma, Claudia Stein, Arie H Havelaar Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:21 (1 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	6. 568 Accesses	Research Mortality and excess risk in US adults with pre-diabetes and diabetes: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts, 1988–2006 Andrew Stokes, Neil K Mehta Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:3 (28 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	7. 560 Accesses	Research Mortality following the Haitian earthquake of 2010: a stratified cluster survey Shannon Doocy, Megan Cherewick, Thomas Kirsch Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:5 (25 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	8. 550 Accesses	Research Diabetes prevalence and diagnosis in US states: analysis of health surveys Goodarz Danaei, Ari B Friedman, Shefali Oza, Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:16 (25 September 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 2 comments \| Editor’s summary Prevalence of undiagnosed and total diabetes, determined from analysis of US national blood tests and state survey data, indicate that some states are under diagnosing this condition.
	9. 473 Accesses	Research Household food access and child malnutrition: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study Stephanie Psaki, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shamsir Ahmed, Pascal Bessong, Munirul Islam, Sushil John, Margaret Kosek, Aldo Lima, Cebisa Nesamvuni, Prakash Shrestha, Erling Svensen, Monica McGrath, Stephanie Richard, Jessica Seidman, Laura Caulfield, Mark Miller, William Checkley, for MALED Network Investigators Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:24 (13 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	10. 406 Accesses	Research Population survey sampling methods in a rural African setting: measuring mortality Edward Fottrell, Peter Byass Population Health Metrics 2008, 6:2 (20 May 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	11. 396 Accesses	Research Developing a comprehensive time series of GDP per capita for 210 countries from 1950 to 2015 Spencer L James, Paul Gubbins, Christopher JL Murray, Emmanuela Gakidou Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:12 (30 July 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	12. 361 Accesses	Review Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation Andrew J Tatem, Susana Adamo, Nita Bharti, Clara R Burgert, Marcia Castro, Audrey Dorelien, Gunter Fink, Catherine Linard, Mendelsohn John, Livia Montana, Mark R Montgomery, Andrew Nelson, Abdisalan M Noor, Deepa Pindolia, Greg Yetman, Deborah Balk Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:8 (16 May 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	13. 352 Accesses	Research Looking at the smoking epidemic through the lens of population pyramids: sociodemographic patterns of smoking in Italy, 1983 to 2005 Bruno Federico, Giovanni Capelli, Giuseppe Costa, Johan P Mackenbach, Anton E Kunst Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:23 (28 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	14. 352 Accesses	Research Regional distribution of fatiguing illnesses in the United States: a pilot study Cynthia Bierl, Rosane Nisenbaum, David C Hoaglin, Bonnie Randall, Ann-Britt Jones, Elizabeth R Unger, William C Reeves Population Health Metrics 2004, 2:1 (4 February 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	15. 347 Accesses	Research The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba, Alex Ezeh, Yazoumé Yé Population Health Metrics 2008, 6:1 (10 March 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	16. 326 Accesses	Review Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati, Alan D Lopez, Anthony Rodgers, Stephen Vander Hoorn Population Health Metrics 2003, 1:1 (14 April 2003) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	17. 320 Accesses	Research Further validation of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory in a US adult population sample Jin-Mann S Lin, Dana J Brimmer, Elizabeth M Maloney, Ernestina Nyarko, Rhonda BeLue, William C Reeves Population Health Metrics 2009, 7:18 (15 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	18. 313 Accesses	Research Regional inequalities in under-5 mortality in Nigeria: a population-based analysis of individual- and community-level determinants Diddy Antai Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:6 (9 March 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 2 comments
	19. 309 Accesses	Research Impact of diabetes mellitus on life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy in Canada Lidia Loukine, Chris Waters, Bernard CK Choi, Joellyn Ellison Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:7 (24 April 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	20. 298 Accesses	Research Incidences of obesity and extreme obesity among US adults: findings from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Liping Pan, David S Freedman, Cathleen Gillespie, Sohyun Park, Bettylou Sherry Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:56 (17 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	21. 293 Accesses	Research Measuring infertility in populations: constructing a standard definition for use with demographic and reproductive health surveys Maya N Mascarenhas, Hoiwan Cheung, Colin D Mathers, Gretchen A Stevens Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:17 (31 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	22. 289 Accesses	Research The influence of measurement error on calibration, discrimination, and overall estimation of a risk prediction model Laura C Rosella, Paul Corey, Therese A Stukel, Cam Mustard, Jan Hux, Doug G Manuel Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:20 (1 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	23. 288 Accesses	Research Estimating health-adjusted life expectancy conditional on risk factors: results for smoking and obesity Pieter HM van Baal, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, G Ardine de Wit, Hendriek C Boshuizen Population Health Metrics 2006, 4:14 (3 November 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	24. 282 Accesses	Research Algorithms for enhancing public health utility of national causes-of-death data Mohsen Naghavi, Susanna Makela, Kyle Foreman, Janaki O'Brien, Farshad Pourmalek, Rafael Lozano Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:9 (10 May 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	25. 279 Accesses	Research Age of onset in chronic diseases: new method and application to dementia in Germany Ralph Brinks, Sandra Landwehr, Regina Waldeyer Population Health Metrics 2013, 11:6 (2 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed