Substance Use vs Infectious Disease

Note: This 'All Substances' total represents the sum of deaths attributed to each individual risk factor. Due to "multicausality" (e.g., a death caused by both smoking and drinking), some deaths may be counted in multiple categories. This figure reflects the cumulative burden of these risk factors rather than a count of unique individuals.

+ Country Income Groupings

Data Sources

• Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 (GBD 2023) — Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
• Infectious disease data from GBD cause-level estimates
• Substance use burden (tobacco, alcohol, drug use) from GBD risk factor attributable estimates
• Income group classifications from World Bank

Processed Data Files

• global_health_metrics_tidy.csv — Full country-level dataset (deaths + DALYs)
• deaths_by_indicator_tidy.csv — Deaths only
• dalys_by_indicator_tidy.csv — DALYs only
• income_group_aggregated_1990.csv — Aggregated by 1990 income classifications
• income_group_aggregated_2021.csv — Aggregated by 2021 income classifications

+ Income vs. Addiction Deaths