The site provides data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.
It provides technical assistance to more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries, advancing global understanding of health and population trends in developing countries.
It was created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity.
It compiles and disseminates official national statistics on births, deaths and life expectancy through the Demographic Yearbook data collection system.
