Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Nicholas J Kassebaum; Megha Arora; Ryan M Barber; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Austin Carter; Daniel Casey; Daniel Casey; Fiona Charlson; Megan Coggeshall; Megan Coggeshall; Lalit Dandona; Daniel Dicker; Holly E Erskine; Alize J Ferrari; Christina Fitzmaurice; Kyle J Foreman; Mohammad H. Forouzanfar; Nancy Fullman; Peter W. Gething; Ellen M Goldberg; Nicholas Graetz; Juanita A. Haagsma; Catherine O. Johnson; Laura Kemmer; Fakher Rahim; Yohannes Kinfu; Michael Kutz; Yohannes Kinfu; Janni Leung; Xiaofeng Liang; Stephen S Lim; Rafael Lozano; George A. Mensah; Joe Mikesell; Ali H. Mokdad; Meghan Mooney; Mohsen Naghavi; Grant Nguyen; Elaine O. Nsoesie; David M. Pigott; Christine Pinho; Zane Rankin; Nikolas Reinig; Joshua A. Salomon; Heresh Amini; Hanne Christensen; Rasmus Worsøe Havmøller; A. Gordon Smith; Walid Ammar

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31460-x

Keywords

Life expectancyBurden of diseaseEpidemiological transitionYears of potential life lostEpidemiologyDisability-adjusted life yearDisease burdenEnvironmental healthDemographyPer capitaGlobal healthPopulationMedicineNon-communicable diseaseQuality-adjusted life yearPublic healthCost effectiveness

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Year: 2016
Type: letter
Volume: 388
Issue: 10053
Pages: 1603-1658
Citations: 2180
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                                    Nicholas J Kassebaum, 
                                
                                    Megha Arora, 
                                
                                    Ryan M Barber
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 388
                            (10053)
                            , 1603-1658.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31460-x
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31460-x