Overview

• From 2011 to 2023, deaths among 15–39-year-olds rose in North America and Eastern Europe, largely due to suicide, drug overdoses and harmful alcohol use.
• Young female mortality increased in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, driven by maternal complications, traffic injuries and meningitis.
• The burden of mental disorders has grown, with anxiety cases up 63% and depression up 26%, reshaping risks for younger people.
• Global mortality has fallen 67% since 1950 and life expectancy has returned to pre-pandemic levels at 76.3 years for women and 71.5 for men.
• The IHME analysis spans 375 diseases and 88 risk factors across 204 countries since 1990 and was published in The Lancet and presented at the World Health Summit in Berlin.