Dataset for Global patterns of disability and sociodemographic inequality in otitis media burden from 1990 to 2023

This dataset contains the processed data and analysis outputs used for the study “Global patterns of disability and sociodemographic inequality in otitis media burden from 1990 to 2023.” The data were derived from publicly available Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 estimates obtained through the Global Health Data Exchange. The dataset includes age-specific and sociodemographic index-stratified estimates of otitis media disability-adjusted life year rates, years lived with disability rates, summary exposure values for ambient particulate matter pollution, household air pollution from solid fuels, and second-hand smoke, and derived variables used for inequality and regression analyses. The files support reproducibility of the descriptive trend analyses, inequality gap calculations, disability contribution analyses, and environmental exposure models reported in the manuscript.