1.H. Workshop: Health, risk factors and inequalities in the EU: insights from the Global Burden of Disease study

Abstract Since the 1990s, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is providing a wealth information on health status world's population, at an increasing level detail. The key metric GBD Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), which allows integrating impact morbidity and mortality into single indicator, thereby more comprehensive basis for evaluating, comparing ranking diseases, injuries, risk factors. 2019 study, conducted by Institute Health Metrics Evaluation, generated burden estimates 369 diseases 87 factors, in 204 countries territories, period 1990-2019. Leveraging results, this workshop will paint picture state European Union, focusing main causes ill health, contributing prevailing inequalities. organized Network (COST Action CA18218), actively works to integrate strengthen capacity knowledge disease assessment across Europe beyond. As practical exercise translation, be opportunity participants get familiar with concept importance disease, use DALYs population monitoring reporting. Key messages provides comparable worldwide Participants receive including