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Global burden of disease

The WHO global burden of disease (GBD) measures burden of disease using the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). This time-based measure combines years of life lost due to premature mortality and years of life lost due to time lived in states of less than full health. The DALY metric was developed in the original GBD 1990 study to assess the burden of disease consistently across diseases, risk factors and regions.

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About the global burden of disease

Fact sheet: Top ten causes of death

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Feature: 10 fact on global burden of disease

Key figures and graphs from 2004 report [ppt 1.74Mb]

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The global burden of disease: 2004 update (2008)

Global burden of disease and risk factors (2006)

- More GBD publications

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DALYs, YLL, YLD, deaths, prevalence, incidence

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Deaths, DALYs, HALE, LEX

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PAFs

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