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Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2001 estimates

Mortality, incidence, prevalence, Years of Life Lost (YLL), Years of Lost due to Disability (YLD) and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) by sex, cause and region, estimates for 2001 as reported in the World Health Report 2002 are available below.

Estimates by region

Estimates for 6 WHO regions of mortality, incidence, prevalence, YLL, YLD and DALYs by sex, age and cause, estimates for 2001 as reported in the World Health Report 2002.

• Mortality
  xls, 883kb
  Estimates of numbers of deaths by sex, cause and WHO region.
• Incidence
  xls, 192kb
  Estimates of numbers of incident cases for selected causes, by sex and WHO region.
• Prevalence
  xls, 189kb
  Estimates of numbers of prevalent cases for selected causes, by sex and WHO region.
• Years of Life Lost (YLL)
  xls, 883kb
  Estimates of Years of Life Lost due to premature mortality by sex, cause and WHO region.
• Years Lost due to Disability (YLD)
  xls, 878kb
  Estimates of Years Lost due to Disability by sex, cause and WHO region.
• Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
  xls, 905kb
  Estimates of DALYs by sex, cause and WHO region.
• DALY[0,0]
  xls, 905kb
  DALYs with zero discounting and uniform age weights. DALY[0,0] estimates by sex, cause and WHO region.
• DALY[0.03,0]
  xls, 905kb
  DALYs with 3% time discounting and uniform age weights. DALY[0.03,0] estimates by sex, cause and WHO region.

Estimates by Subregion

Estimates for 14 subregions of mortality, incidence, prevalence, YLL, YLD and DALYs by sex, age and cause, estimates for 2001 as reported in the World Health Report 2002.

• Mortality
  xls, 1.93Mb
  Estimates of numbers of deaths by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.
• Incidence
  xls, 202kb
  Estimates of numbers of incident cases for selected causes, by sex and WHO mortality subregion.
• Prevalence
  xls, 193kb
  Estimates of numbers of prevalent cases for selected causes, by sex and WHO mortality subregion.
• Years of Life Lost (YLL)
  xls, 1.93Mb
  Estimates of Years of Life Lost due to premature mortality by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.
• Years Lost due to Disability
  xls, 1.94Mb
  Estimates of Years Lost due to Disability by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.
• Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
  xls, 1.99Mb
  Estimates of DALYs by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.
• DALY[0,0]
  xls, 1.99Mb
  DALYs with zero discounting and uniform age weights. DALY[0,0] estimates by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.
• DALY[0.03,0]
  xls, 1.99Mb
  DALYs with 3% time discounting and uniform age weights. DALY[0.03,0] estimates by sex, cause and WHO mortality subregion.