| Table 27 |
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| Top twenty leading causes of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Years Lost to Disability (YLD), Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Deaths for Males – US 1996* |
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| Cause | DALY (%) | YLD (%) | YLL (%) | Death (%) |
|---|
1
| Ischaemic heart disease
| 1,958 (11.0)
| 152 (2.1)
| 1,806(17.2)
| 287 (24.7)
| 2
| Road traffic accidents
| 934 (5.2)
| 233 (3.2)
| 701 (6.7)
| 29 (2.5)
| 3
| Lung trachea or bronchial cancer
| 813 (4.6)
| 35 (0.5)
| 778 (7.4)
| 102 (8.8)
| 4
| HIV/AIDS
| 764 (4.3)
| 189 (2.6)
| 575 (5.5)
| 25 (2.2)
| 5
| Alcohol use
| 732 (4.1)
| 651 (8.9)
| 81 (0.8)
| 5 (0.4)
| 6
| Cerebrovascular Disease
| 674 (3.8)
| 317 (4.3)
| 357 (3.4)
| 63 (5.4)
| 7
| COPD
| 642 (3.6)
| 373 (5.1)
| 269 (2.6)
| 52 (4.5)
| 8
| Homicide and Violence
| 568 (3.2)
| 82 (1.1)
| 486 (4.6)
| 17 (1.5)
| 9
| Self-inflicted injuries
| 541 (3.0)
| 8 (0.1)
| 534 (5.1)
| 26 (2.2)
| 10
| Unipolar major depression
| 470 (2.6)
| 470 (6.4)
| 0 (0.0)
| 0 (0)
| 11
| Diabetes mellitus
| 442 (2.5)
| 222 (3.0)
| 220 (2.1)
| 28 (2.4)
| 12
| Osteoarthritis
| 435 (2.4)
| 434 (5.9)
| 1 (0.0)
| 0 (0)
| 13
| Drug use
| 412 (2.3)
| 384 (5.2)
| 27 (0.3)
| 1 (0.1)
| 14
| Congenital Abnormalities
| 410 (2.3)
| 238 (3.2)
| 172 (1.6)
| 6 (0.5)
| 15
| Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders
| 382 (2.1)
| 332 (4.5)
| 50 (0.5)
| 14 (1.2)
| 16
| Asthma
| 303 (1.7)
| 273 (3.7)
| 30 (0.3)
| 2 (0.2)
| 17
| Cirrhosis of the liver
| 281 (1.6)
| 61 (0.8)
| 220 (2.1)
| 17 (1.4)
| 18
| Conditions arising during the perinatal period
| 274 (1.5)
| 14 (0.2)
| 260 (2.5)
| 8 (0.7)
| 19
| Cancer colon or rectum
| 249 (1.4)
| 37 (0.5)
| 213 (2.0)
| 30 (2.6)
| 20
| Prostate cancer
| 239 (1.3)
| 79 (1.1)
| 160 (1.5)
| 37 (3.2)
| -
| Total number for each measure in the top 20 causes
| 11,523 (64.5)
| 4,584 (62.5)
| 6,940 (65.9)
| 749 (64.5)
| -
| Total number for each measure
| 17,861(100)
| 7,331(100)
| 10,530 (100)
| 1,164 (100)
|
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| *All counts for DALYs, Deaths, YLDs, and YLLs are in 1000's. |
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).
