Journal article
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, and provision of services. We comparatively assessed the patterns and trends of healthy life expectancy (HALE), which quantifies the number of years of life expected to be lived in good health, and the complementary measure …
Authors
Kyu HH; Abate D; Abate KH; Abay SM; Abbafati C; Abbasi N; Abbastabar H; Abd-Allah F; Abdela J; Abdelalim A
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 392, No. 10159, pp. 1859–1922
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 2018
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32335-3
ISSN
0140-6736