Global disease burden by region
The total disease burden is measured as the number of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per year.DALYs measure the total burden of disease – both from years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with a disability. One DALY equals one lost year ofhealthy life.
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- Asthma prevalence
- Burden of diseaseIHME, age-standardized
- Burden of disease by cause
- Burden of disease from injuries, by age
- Burden of disease, by age group
- Child deaths from pneumonia by risk factor
- DALY rates from communicable, neonatal, maternal & nutritional diseases
- DALY rates from injuries
- DALY rates from non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Death rate from pneumonia for children vs. GDP per capita
- Deaths from pneumonia, by age
- Diabetes prevalenceInternational Diabetes Federation
- Diabetes prevalence in adultsWHO GHO
- Diabetes prevalence vs. GDP per capita
- Diarrheal disease deaths in children under five by risk factor
- Disease burden by age
- Disease burden by risk factor
- Disease burden due to communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
- Disease burden from communicable, maternal, neonatal & nutritional diseases by age
- Disease burden from communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases
- Disease burden from injuries
- Disease burden from non-communicable diseases
- Disease burden from non-communicable diseases by age
- Disease burden from non-communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
- Disease burden vs. health expenditure per capita
- Hepatitis B incidence rate
- Life expectancy vs. expected years lived with disability or disease
- Share of disease burden from NCDs vs. GDP per capita
- Share of disease burden from communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
- Share of total disease burden by cause
- Total disease burdenIHME
- Total disease burdenWHO
- Total disease burden by cause
- Years lived with disease or disability vs. GDP per capita