[HTML][HTML] Mortality registration and surveillance in China: history, current situation and challenges

G Yang, J Hu, KQ Rao, J Ma, C Rao, AD Lopez - Population health metrics, 2005 - Springer
Background Mortality statistics are key inputs for evidence based health policy at national
level. Little is known of the empirical basis for mortality statistics in China, which accounts for …

The road to effective tobacco control in China

G Yang, Y Wang, Y Wu, J Yang, X Wan - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
The non-communicable disease burden in China is enormous, with tobacco use a leading
risk factor for the major non-communicable diseases. The prevalence of tobacco use in men …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid health transition in China, 1990–2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

G Yang, Y Wang, Y Zeng, GF Gao, X Liang, M Zhou… - The lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background China has undergone rapid demographic and epidemiological changes in the
past few decades, including striking declines in fertility and child mortality and increases in …

Cohort profile: the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS)

Y Zhao, Y Hu, JP Smith, J Strauss… - International journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is a nationally
representative longitudinal survey of persons in China 45 years of age or older and their …

[HTML][HTML] Cause-specific mortality for 240 causes in China during 1990–2013: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

M Zhou, H Wang, J Zhu, W Chen, L Wang, S Liu, Y Li… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background China has experienced a remarkable epidemiological and demographic
transition during the past three decades. Far less is known about this transition at the …

Risk factors for suicide in China: a national case-control psychological autopsy study

MR Phillips, G Yang, Y Zhang, L Wang, H Ji, M Zhou - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Background Suicide is the fifth most important cause of death in China, but the reasons for
the high rate and unique pattern of characteristics of those who kill themselves are unknown …

Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study

I Anderson, B Robson, M Connolly, F Al-Yaman… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background International studies of the health of Indigenous and tribal peoples provide
important public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy …

Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

H Wang, CA Liddell, MM Coates, MD Mooney… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction
of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in …

Smoking in China: findings of the 1996 national prevalence survey

G Yang, L Fan, J Tan, G Qi, Y Zhang, JM Samet… - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
ContextAs the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco products, China bears a
large proportion of the global burden of smoking-related disease and may be experiencing a …

Emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases in China

G Yang, L Kong, W Zhao, X Wan, Y Zhai, LC Chen… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
China has experienced an epidemiological transition shifting from the infectious to the
chronic diseases in much shorter time than many other countries. The pace and spread of …