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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Using maps and spatial analysisto inform global health decision-making
Peter SpeyerDirector of Data Development
@peterspeyer / [email protected]
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation• Independent research center at the University of Washington • Core funding by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and state of
Washington• 160 faculty, researchers, and staff• Providing independent, rigorous, and scientific measurement
and evaluations• “Our goal is to improve the health of the world’s
populations by providing the best information on population health”
The Global Burden of Disease Study
• A systematic, scientific effortto quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, risk factors
• Created 1993, commissioned by the World Bank• GBD 2010 covers 291 causes, 67 risk factors in 187
countries for 1990, 2005, and 2010 by age and sex• GBD country hierarchy: 7 super-regions and 21 regions,
based on geographic proximity and epidemiological profiles
• Almost 600 country, disease, and risk factor experts from 80+ countries
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21 GBD regions
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Measuring burden of diseases and injuries
DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years)
Health
AgeDeath
Deaths
Averagelife
expectancy
YLLsYLLs (Years of Life Lost)
YLDs YLDs
YLDs (Years Lived with Disability)
Disability weight
GBD process & spatial challenges
• Standards• Coverage• Representa-
tiveness• Geographies
over time
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• Missing data• Missing values
• Interactive visualizations
• Mapping• Making data
actionable
Find & manage
dataAnalyze data Get data
used
GBD process & spatial challenges
• Standards• Coverage• Representa-
tiveness• Geographies
over time
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• Missing data• Missing values
• Interactive visualizations
• Mapping• Making data
actionable
Find & manage
dataAnalyze data Get data
used
Data inputs
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• Surveys• Censuses• Vital registration • Verbal autopsy• Disease
registries• Surveillance
systems
Population-based Encounter-level Other
• Hospital/ ambulatory/ primary care records
• Claims data
• Literature reviews
• Sensor data• Mortuaries/
burial sites• Police records
Global Health Data Exchange(http://www.ghdx.org)
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GBD process & spatial challenges
• Standards• Coverage• Representa-
tiveness• Geographies
over time
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• Missing data• Missing values
• Interactive visualizations
• Mapping• Making data
actionable
Find & manage
dataAnalyze data Get data
used
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GBD covariates and risk factors• 300+ covariates, e.g., GDP per capita, access to
water and sanitation, education• Gridded population used for several covariates
(including AfriPop, AsiaPop, AmeriPop)– Population in coastal areas– Population-weighted average elevation, rainfall,
temperature– Population density– Population at risk for causes like malaria
• Ambient air pollution, ambient ozone pollution (satellite, surface monitor, TM5 global atmospheric chemistry transport model)
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• Show GBD Compare map for risk factors– Ambient air pollution
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GBD – spatial-temporal regression• Capture more information than simple covariate
models • Use weighted average of residuals, based on
distance in time, age, and space• Geographic weights based on GBD regional
hierarchy (country/region/super-region)• Vary weights based on data availability to
increase/decrease smoothing
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Add graph from COD Viz
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GBD process & spatial challenges
• Standards• Coverage• Representa-
tiveness• Geographies
over time
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• Missing data• Missing values
• Interactive visualizations
• Mapping• Making data
actionable
Find & manage data Analyze data Get data used
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Small area estimation• Analyze health patterns, outcomes, and intervention
coverage for 72 districts in Zambia• Most data only representative at country/province level• Modeling approaches
– Pooling data over several years– Borrowing strength by exploiting spatial correlations– Using covariates
• Add validation environment– Identify most appropriate measurement strategy– Establish minimum sample size for future data collection
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Remaining tasks and challenges• Add more spatial covariates• Conduct burden of disease study at subnational
level• Identify best practices for managing geographies
(national, subnational) globally over time• Is there a portal for gridded data?
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