How’s our health?

An elderly Chinese couple walk past an advertising poster showing peoples portraits on the Nanjing Road shopping area of Shanghai, 23 October 2007. China needs at least 2.2 million nurses to care for its 11 million bedridden elderly, but it currently has just one million caretakers who lack proper training, state media recently reported. China has 130 million people aged over 60, including 94 million over 65. It is estimated that by the middle of this century, there will be more than 400 million people aged over 65 and at least 100 million aged 80 or older. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2013 is part of an ongoing effort to produce the most timely and up-to-date understanding of what kills and ails people worldwide.

TODAY, fewer people are dying from preterm birth complications and congenital anomalies in Malaysia, according to a new, comprehensive analysis of data from 188 countries.