About the Authors

Jané Joubert

janetta.joubert@uqconnect.edu.au

Affiliations School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow Vallei, Western Cape, South Africa

Chalapati Rao

Affiliation School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Debbie Bradshaw

Affiliation Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow Vallei, Western Cape, South Africa

Theo Vos

Affiliations School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Alan D. Lopez

Affiliations School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ CR TV AL. Performed the experiments: JJ CR TV. Analyzed the data: JJ DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJ CR DB TV AL. Wrote the paper: JJ CR DB TV AL. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JJ. Extracted the data and prepared the table and graphs: JJ. Provided input and critically reviewed all drafts: CR DB TV AL.