Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990-2017: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
Puspa Raj PantAmrit BanstolaSantosh BhattaJulie A MyttonDilaram AcharyaSuraj BhattaraiCatherine BisignanoChris D CastleGovinda Prasad DhunganaZachary V DingelsJack T FoxPawan Kumar HamalZichen LiuNarayan Bahadur MahotraDeepak PaudelKhem Narayan PokhrelChhabi Lal RanabhatNicholas L S RobertsDillon O SylteSpencer L JamesPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2020)
The increase in injury-related deaths and DALYs in Nepal between 1990 and 2017 indicates the need for further research and prevention interventions. Injuries remain an important public health burden in Nepal with the magnitude and trend of burden varying over time by cause-specific, sex and age group. Findings from this study may be used by the federal, provincial and local governments in Nepal to prioritise injury prevention as a public health agenda and as evidence for country-specific interventions.