Table 2 |
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Leading causes of disability, years lived with disability (YLD) by cause as percent of YLD from all causes, developing countriesa, 2002 |
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Cause group |
% of total YLD |
Female to male ratio |
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I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions |
23.4 |
1.36 |
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Infectious and parasitic diseases |
10.9 |
0.95 |
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Maternal conditions |
3.8 |
- |
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Perinatal conditions |
3.1 |
0.98 |
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Nutritional deficiencies |
4.4 |
1.08 |
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II. Noncommunicable diseases |
64.9 |
1.03 |
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Malignant neoplasms |
0.3 |
2.02 |
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Diabetes mellitus |
1.1 |
1.11 |
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Neuropsychiatric conditions |
29.4 |
1.09 |
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Unipolar depressive disorders |
11.1 |
1.47 |
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Bipolar disorder |
2.5 |
0.98 |
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Schizophrenia |
2.9 |
0.97 |
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Alcohol use disorders |
2.5 |
0.15 |
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Alzheimer and other dementias* |
1.0 |
1.40 |
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Drug use disorders |
0.8 |
0.28 |
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Other neuropsychiatric disorders |
8.6 |
1.37 |
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Sense organ diseases |
13.0 |
1.13 |
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Vision disordersb |
8.7 |
1.26 |
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Hearing loss, adult onset |
4.3 |
0.92 |
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Cardiovascular diseases |
3.3 |
0.82 |
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Respiratory diseases |
4.2 |
0.72 |
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Musculoskeletal diseases |
4.6 |
1.18 |
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Other non-communicable diseases |
8.9 |
0.90 |
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III. Injuries |
11.7 |
0.66 |
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Unintentional injuries |
9.7 |
0.75 |
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Intentional injuries |
2.0 |
0.32 |
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a Developing countries includes all countries except for 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. |
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Mathers et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:66 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-66 |
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