The 14 disease areas
Shares are compositions within the 14-area publication pool (26,544 records in 1995–99; 128,117 in 2020–24). Burden-tier areas additionally carry ABR, centroid-distance and typology results on their own pages. Attention-tier areas have no GBD-matched burden cause, so no burden quantity is computed or implied for them.
| Area | Share trajectory | Publications 1995–99 | Publications 2020–24 | Share 1995–99 | Share 2020–24 | Type / dynamics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burden tier (with GBD-matched burden) | ||||||
| Otitis media | 2,229 | 3,706 | 8.4% | 2.9% | Resolution-dilution | |
| Hearing loss | 5,411 | 21,659 | 20.4% | 16.9% | Constant | |
| Laryngeal cancer | 848 | 1,763 | 3.2% | 1.4% | Unclassified | |
| Lip and oral cavity cancer | 1,196 | 11,412 | 4.5% | 8.9% | Technology-ignited | |
| Nasopharyngeal cancer | 2,202 | 17,180 | 8.3% | 13.4% | Technology-ignited | |
| Other pharyngeal cancer | 1,589 | 10,473 | 6.0% | 8.2% | Unclassified | |
| Thyroid cancer | 2,675 | 16,288 | 10.1% | 12.7% | Unclassified | |
| Attention tier (no GBD-matched burden; share dynamics only) | ||||||
| Chronic rhinosinusitis / nasal polyps (CRS) | 2,266 | 8,027 | 8.5% | 6.3% | Share falling * | |
| Allergic rhinitis | 1,625 | 5,845 | 6.1% | 4.6% | Share falling | |
| Obstructive sleep apnoea | 2,627 | 15,953 | 9.9% | 12.5% | Share rising | |
| Tinnitus | 921 | 4,535 | 3.5% | 3.5% | Share stable | |
| Vertigo | 1,226 | 4,447 | 4.6% | 3.5% | Share stable | |
| Cholesteatoma | 530 | 1,179 | 2.0% | 0.9% | Share falling | |
| Cochlear implants | 1,199 | 5,650 | 4.5% | 4.4% | Share stable | |
* CRS/polyps: Terminology caveat: under a pre-frozen backup query built only from modern post-consensus terms, the CRS share change reverses (+251.0% instead of −26.6%). The apparent decline is read as terminology migration, not as a change in research volume, and is not carried as a headline conclusion.
Hearing loss is typed "constant" on dynamics only; read it together with its level, ABR 0.36 (log2 ABR −1.47) in 2020–24 — a stable misalignment, not an absence of one. "Resolution" anywhere on this site means relative share dilution inside the pool; annualised absolute DALYs rose for all seven burden-tier causes (+3.9% to +101.3%).