Table 1

Leading causes of disability, years lived with disability (YLD) by cause as percent of YLD from all causes, developed countriesa, 2002
Cause group
 % of total YLD
 Female to male ratio
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
 6.6
 1.47
     Infectious and parasitic diseases
 2.4
 0.94
     Maternal conditions
 0.9
 -
     Perinatal conditions
 0.8
 0.95
     Nutritional deficiencies
 2.1
 1.50
II. Noncommunicable diseases
 86.2
 1.12
     Malignant neoplasms
 2.4
 1.54
     Diabetes mellitus
 2.3
 1.10
     Neuropsychiatric conditions
 41.9
 1.10
          Unipolar depressive disorders
 15.0
 1.69
          Bipolar disorder
 2.2
 0.99
          Schizophrenia
 2.3
 0.94
          Alcohol use disorders
 6.8
 0.24
          Alzheimer and other dementias*
 4.2
 1.99
          Drug use disorders
 1.7
 0.34
          Other neuropsychiatric disorders
 9.7
 1.50
     Sense organ diseases
 8.6
 1.16
          Vision disordersb
 3.0
 1.44
          Hearing loss, adult onset
 5.7
 1.04
     Cardiovascular diseases
 6.7
 0.86
     Respiratory diseases
 6.9
 0.96
     Musculoskeletal diseases
 7.6
 1.53
     Other non-communicable diseases
 9.7
 1.09
III. Injuries
 7.2
 0.45
     Unintentional injuries
 5.8
 0.48
     Intentional injuries
 1.4
 0.31

a Developed countries includes European countries, former Soviet countries, Canada, USA, Cuba, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore.

b Vision disorders includes vision loss due to glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and other age-related vision loss.

Mathers et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:66   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-66