INTRODUCTION The Singapore Burden of Disease (SBoD) Study 2004 provides a comprehensive and detailed assessment of the size and distribution of health problems in Singapore. It is the first local study to use disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to quantify the total disease burden. METHODS The SBoD study applied the methods developed for the original Global Burden of Disease study to data ...

BackgroundHearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, negatively social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study on prevalence hearing in 2019, as well condition's associated disability.MethodsWe did systematic reviews population-representative surveys 1990 2019. fitted nested meta-regression models for...

We calculate aggregate indicators of population health for occupational groups to gauge changes in health disparities during the 1980-1991 period. The study is based on the experiences of French adult men in three major occupational classes: managers, manual workers, and an intermediary occupational group. Life table models show that managers have longer life expectancy and disability-free life...

Assessing the health situation in populations has traditionally been carried out on the basis of mortality data, and where available, on the prevalence and/or incidence of disease. A new approach to quantifying the burden of disease has been developed which simultaneously considers both premature death as well as the non-fatal health consequences of disease and injury. The burden of disease app...

Objectives. To estimate and compare disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and current age patterns of disability onset and recovery from disability between the United States and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Method. Disability is measured using the activities of daily living scale. Data come from longitudinal surveys of older adult populations in Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto ...

INTRODUCTION While the prolongation of life expectancy is due to medical, economic, social and public health advancements, longevity may not necessarily be an indicator of real development. Epidemiologic data indicate, in fact, that advanced age carries the risk of multiple diseases, disability and loss of autonomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS How the years gained are lived need to be assessed eval...

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)—a frequent indicator for assessment of the relative eff ects of public-health interventions—explicitly incorporate disability. This Viewpoint will argue, however, that the notion of disability embodied in DALYs does not accord with that in WHO’s International Classifi cation of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). Underlying this inconsistency is the...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death in Iran. 1 There has been an increasing trend in the proportional mortality rate since 1981. In 1995, 47.3% of all deaths were due to CVD. According to the first national burden of disease study for the year 2003, the third highest disability-adjusted life year (DALY) in all ages and both sexes (16% of total burden) was attributed t...