background cancer is one of the most important leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. objectives this study aimed to calculate the burden of 9 common cancers in the population covered by mashhad university of medical sciences in iran in 2010-2011. patients and methods we calculated disability adjusted life years (dalys ) for each of nine cancers according to the sex and age groups...

BACKGROUND Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) afflict around one billion individuals in the poorest parts of the world with many more at risk. Lymphatic filariasis is one of the most prevalent of the infections and causes significant morbidity in those who suffer the clinical conditions, particularly lymphedema and hydrocele. Depressive illness has been recognised as a prevalent disability in t...

Abstract Until recently, most efforts to understand the comparative population health impact of COVID-19 have been made using mortality-based metrics. This has intensified discussion over methodological choices; in particular, how we value life-years prematurely lost due COVID-19. The direct on varied across countries, with wide variation incidence and infection fatality rates. Understanding qu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE An important input to decision-making and health planning is a consistent and comparative description of the population health status. The purpose of this study was to describe the burden of disease in the Region of Valencia (Spain). MATERIAL AND METHODS Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were calculated and divided into years of life lost (YLLs) and years lived w...

BACKGROUND Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis can cause life-threatening disease, there is no global burden of disease estimate in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We utili...

Psychiatric disorder is now recognised as Psychiatric disorder is now recognised as one of the greatest causes of human one of the greatest causes of human suffering. The burden to society of various suffering. The burden to society of various diseases has been quantified recently using diseases has been quantified recently using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), a disability-adjusted lif...

BACKGROUND The disability adjusted life year (DALY) is a composite measure of disease burden that includes both morbidity and mortality, and is relevant to conditions such as epilepsy that can limit productive functioning. The 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study introduced a number of new methods and definitions, including a prevalence-based approach and revised disability weights to calc...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the burden of respiratory ill health in South African children and adults in 2000 from exposure to indoor air pollution associated with household use of solid fuels. DESIGN World Health Organization comparative risk assessment (CRA) methodology was followed. The South African Census 2001 was used to derive the proportion of households using solid fuels for cooking and h...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal and liver diseases (GILD) constitute a noteworthy portion of causes of death and disability in Iran. However, data on their prevalence and burden is sparse in Iran. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study in 2010 has provided invaluable comprehensive data on the burden of GILD in Iran. METHODS Estimations of death, years of life lost due to premature death (YLL), ye...