Journal article
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Non-fatal health outcomes from diseases and injuries are a crucial consideration in the promotion and monitoring of individual and population health. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) studies done in 1990 and 2000 have been the only studies to quantify non-fatal health outcomes across an exhaustive set of disorders at the global and regional level. Neither effort quantified uncertainty in prevalence or years lived with disability …
Authors
Vos T; Flaxman AD; Naghavi M; Lozano R; Michaud C; Ezzati M; Shibuya K; Salomon JA; Abdalla S; Aboyans V
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 380, No. 9859, pp. 2163–2196
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2012
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(12)61729-2
ISSN
0140-6736