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Table 21
Twenty leading causes of YLD, both sexes and all races combined
Rank   YLD % of total
  Total 15,024,113
  
1
 Unipolar major depression
 1,370,070
 9.1%
2
 Alcohol use
 1,037,529
 6.9%
3
 Osteoarthritis
 940,612
 6.3%
4
 Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders
 755,925
 5.0%
5
 COPD
 727,272
 4.8%
6
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 725,844
 4.8%
7
 Asthma
 593,233
 3.9%
8
 Drug use
 504,718
 3.4%
9
 Diabetes mellitus
 495,377
 3.3%
10
 Congenital Abnormalities
 443,004
 2.9%
11
 Motor vehicle accidents
 366,273
 2.4%
12
 Bipolar disorder
 363,298
 2.4%
13
 Schizophrenia
 315,720
 2.1%
14
 Ischaemic heart disease
 275,988
 1.8%
15
 PTSD
 260,337
 1.7%
16
 Panic disorder
 259,904
 1.7%
17
 HIV
 237,443
 1.6%
18
 Falls
 221,036
 1.5%
19
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 189,421
 1.3%
20
 Obsessive-compulsive disorders
 169,067
 1.1%

Sub-total
 10,252,070
 68.2%

Reference:
Michaud CM, McKenna MT, Begg S, Tomijima N, Majmudar M, Bulzacchelli MT, Ebrahim S, Ezzati M, Salomon JA, Gaber Kreiser J, Hogan M, Murray CJ. The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996. Popul Health Metr 2006;4:11. Available at http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/4/1/11 (Accessed July, 19, 2007).

 

 
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