The evolution of the Global Burden of Disease framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification: developing the evidence base for national, regional and global public health action

Table 2 Global burden of disease and injury attributable to selected risk factors, 1990

Risk factor	Deaths (thousands)	As % of total deaths	YLLs (thousands)	As % of total YLLs	YLDs (thousands)	As % of total YLDs	DALYs (thousands)	As % of total DALYs
Malnutrition	5 881	11.7	199 486	22.0	20 089	4.2	219 575	15.9
Poor water supply sanitation and personal and domestic hygiene	2 668	5.3	85 520	9.4	7 872	1.7	93 392	6.8
Unsafe sex	1 095	2.2	27 602	3.0	21 100	4.5	48 702	3.5
Tobacco	3 038	6.0	26 217	2.9	9 965	2.1	36 182	2.6
Alcohol	774	1.5	19 287	2.1	28 400	6.0	47 687	3.5
Occupation	1 129	2.2	22 493	2.5	15 394	3.3	37 887	2.7
Hypertension	2 918	5.8	18 665	1.9	1 411	0.3	19 076	1.4
Physical inactivity	1 991	3.9	11 353	1.3	2 300	0.5	13 653	1.0
Illicit drugs	100	0.2	2 634	0.3	5 834	1.2	8 467	0.6
Air pollution	568	1.1	5 625	0.6	1 630	0.3	7 254	0.5