background: accidents are the second cause of death in iran and one of the significant challenges in public health. they can affect people in all ages. in this study, we try to calculate years of life lost due to intentional and unintentional injuries, which is considered as one of the main indicators for prioritizing public health problems.   methods: this study is a practical cross sectional ...

CONTEXT Public health officials and organizations have disseminated health messages regarding the dangers of obesity, but these have not produced the desired effect. OBJECTIVE To estimate the expected number of years of life lost (YLL) due to overweight and obesity across the life span of an adult. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS Data from the (1) US Life Tables (1999); (2) Third National Hea...

Mortality is one of the key determinants demographic development Republic Srpska (RS). In last 20 years, there has been an increase in mortality rate, especially older population. Years potential life lost (YPLL) were used this study as a measure premature population RS. The reference age limit set at 70 years age, therefore, refers to all deaths range from 0 69 years. time frame includes perio...