Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) for Cancer in Japan in 2000
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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) for Cancer in Japan in 2000
BACKGROUND We used disability-adjusted life years (DALY) to estimate the cancer burden in Japan for the year 2000. METHODS We estimated years of life lost (YLL) by using mortality data and years lived with disability (YLD) by using incidence data. The DALY for cancer was calculated as the sum of YLL and YLD. RESULTS For all cancers combined, 2 733 884 years of DALY were estimated in men and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1349-9092,0917-5040
DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20110017