OBJECTIVE
To measure the economic burden of diabetes in Argentina by age, gender and region for the year 2005, in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
METHODS
DALYs were estimated by the sum of years of life lost due to premature death (YLL) and years of life lived with disability (YLD).
RESULTS
In the population studied (20 to 85 years), the burden of diabetes without complications was ...
