Journal article
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of ill-health. The 1990 Global Burden of Disease study proposed disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to measure disease burden. No comprehensive update of disease burden worldwide incorporating a systematic reassessment of disease and injury-specific epidemiology has been done since …
Authors
Murray CJL; Vos T; Lozano R; Naghavi M; Flaxman AD; Michaud C; Ezzati M; Shibuya K; Salomon JA; Abdalla S
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 380, No. 9859, pp. 2197–2223
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61689-4
ISSN
0140-6736