Deaths Treemap Exposes Health Gaps

An interactive treemap built from IHME’s Global Burden of Disease makes the composition of mortality visible: non‑communicable diseases (NCDs) dominate globally, but infectious diseases and neonatal/maternal mortality remain a large share in low‑income countries. The same underlying NCD risks can be higher in poorer countries once you adjust for age, so the apparent 'NCD transition' is shaped as much by other avoidable deaths as by lower NCD risk. — Making cause‑of‑death composition visually and interactively accessible reframes health debates — it clarifies where investments (e.g., maternal/newborn care, infectious disease control, chronic disease management) will most reduce deaths in different countries.