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	1. 10033 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.
	2. 8408 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.
	3. 6632 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.
	4. 6495 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
	5. 5009 Accesses	Research Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm Kyle J Foreman, Rafael Lozano, Alan D Lopez, Christopher JL Murray Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:1 (6 January 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	6. 4570 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
	7. 4558 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
	8. 4025 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
	9. 3959 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
	10. 3649 Accesses	Research Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets Christopher JL Murray, Alan D Lopez, Robert Black, Ramesh Ahuja, Said Ali, Abdullah Baqui, Lalit Dandona, Emily Dantzer, Vinita Das, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Wafaie Fawzi, Abraham D Flaxman, Sara Gómez, Bernardo Hernández, Rohina Joshi, Henry Kalter, Aarti Kumar, Vishwajeet Kumar, Rafael Lozano, Marilla Lucero, Saurabh Mehta, Bruce Neal, Summer Ohno, Rajendra Prasad, Devarsetty Praveen, Zul Premji, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Hazel Remolador, Ian Riley, Minerva Romero, Mwanaidi Said, Diozele Sanvictores, Sunil Sazawal, Veronica Tallo et al. Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:27 (4 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	11. 3633 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
	12. 3626 Accesses	Review Health, well-being, and measuring the burden of disease Daniel M Hausman Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:13 (1 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	13. 3595 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
	14. 3566 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
	15. 3470 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
	16. 3304 Accesses	Research Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards Rafael Lozano, Michael K Freeman, Spencer L James, Benjamin Campbell, Alan D Lopez, Abraham D Flaxman, Christopher JL Murray, the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC) Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:50 (5 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	17. 3187 Accesses	Commentary Incidence, prevalence, and hybrid approaches to calculating disability-adjusted life years S Schroeder Population Health Metrics 2012, 10:19 (12 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	18. 3049 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
	19. 2988 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
	20. 2920 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
	21. 2886 Accesses	Research The Summary Index of Malaria Surveillance (SIMS): a stable index of malaria within India Alan A Cohen, Neeraj Dhingra, Raju M Jotkar, Peter S Rodriguez, Vinod P Sharma, Prabhat Jha Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:1 (11 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	22. 2854 Accesses	Review Social autopsy for maternal and child deaths: a comprehensive literature review to examine the concept and the development of the method Henry D Kalter, Rene Salgado, Marzio Babille, Alain K Koffi, Robert E Black Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:45 (5 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment
	23. 2815 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
	24. 2740 Accesses	Research National and subnational mortality effects of metabolic risk factors and smoking in Iran: a comparative risk assessment Farshad Farzadfar, Goodarz Danaei, Hengameh Namdaritabar, Julie Rajaratnam, Jacob R Marcus, Ardeshir Khosravi, Siamak Alikhani, Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:55 (11 October 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	25. 2691 Accesses	Research Assessing quality of medical death certification: Concordance between gold standard diagnosis and underlying cause of death in selected Mexican hospitals Bernardo Hernández, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Minerva Romero, Sara Gómez, Charles Atkinson, Rafael Lozano Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:38 (4 August 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central