Table 1 Leading causes of premature mortality, disability and disease burden, World, 1990
Premature Mortality | Disability | Disease Burden | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Disease/ injury | YLLs (000s) | Cumulative % | Disease/injury | YLDs (000s) | Cumulative% | Disease/injury | DALYs (000s) | % of Total |
1 | Lower res. inf. | 108601 | 12.0 | Depression | 50810 | 10.7 | Lower res. inf. | 112898 | 8.2 |
2 | Diarrhoeal dis. | 94434 | 22.4 | Iron def. anaem. | 21987 | 15.4 | Diarrhoeal dis. | 99633 | 7.2 |
3 | Perinatal cond. | 82681 | 31.5 | Falls | 21949 | 20.0 | Perinatal cond. | 92313 | 6.7 |
4 | Isch. heart dis. | 41595 | 36.1 | Alcohol use | 15770 | 23.4 | Depression | 50810 | 3.7 |
5 | Measles | 36450 | 40.1 | COPD1 | 14692 | 26.5 | Isch. heart dis. | 46699 | 3.4 |
6 | Tuberculosis | 34304 | 43.9 | Bipolar dis. | 14141 | 29.5 | Cerebrovas. dis. | 38523 | 2.8 |
7 | Cerebrovas. Dis. | 32115 | 47.5 | Congenital anom | 13507 | 32.3 | Tuberculosis | 38426 | 2.8 |
8 | Malaria | 28038 | 50.5 | Osteoarthritis | 13275 | 35.1 | Measles | 36520 | 2.7 |
9 | Road traffic acc. | 26162 | 53.4 | Schizophrenia | 12183 | 37.7 | Road traffic acc. | 34317 | 2.5 |
10 | Congenital anom. | 19414 | 55.6 | Obs.-comp dis2 | 10213 | 39.9 | Congenital anom. | 32921 | 2.4 |