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Table 2 Per capita livestock consumption, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), number of NCD deaths, and NCD mortality due to diets high in meat in our four focal countries

From: Telecoupled impacts of livestock trade on non-communicable diseases

 

Brazil

China

UK

USA

Livestock consumption (kcal/capita/day)

 1995

353

328

599

518

 2010

484

503

568

534

 Change rate (%)

37.1

53.4

−4.0

4.2

 1995–2010

419

413

600

550

DALYs (years)

 1995

45,325

92,811

293,625

1,665,482

 2010

128,673

373,648

190,965

1,650,528

 Change rate (%)

183.9

302.6

−35.0

−0.9

 1995–2010

88,365

235,207

234,547

1,773,067

DALY rate (years per 100,000 people)

 1995

27.71

7.60

506.48

625.13

 2010

64.59

27.97

303.86

533.07

 Change rate (%)

133.1

268.1

−40.0

−14.7

 1995–2010

47.39

18.03

391.61

611.93

Number of deaths (persons)

 1995

1212

1997

14,804

74,133

 2010

3579

8200

9113

62,177

 Change rate (%)

195.3

310.7

−38.4

−16.1

 1995–2010

2402

5060

11,593

72,974

Age-standardized death rate (deaths per 100,000 people)

 1995

0.74

0.16

14.50

20.08

 2010

1.29

0.39

19.37

25.26

 Change rate (%)

142.4

275.5

−43.2

−27.8

 1995–2010

1.29

0.39

19.37

25.26