Abstract
This is the first in a planned series of 10 volumes that will attempt to summarize epidemiological knowledge about all major conditions and most risk factors;...generate assessments of numbers of deaths by cause that are consistent with the total numbers of deaths by age sex and region provided by demographers;...provide methodologies for and assessments of aggregate disease burden that combine--into the Disability-Adjusted Life Year or DALY measure--burden from premature mortality with that from living with disability; and...use historical trends in main determinants to project mortality and disease burden forward to 2020. This first volume includes chapters summarizing results from the project as a whole. (EXCERPT)
Keywords
Burden of diseaseEpidemiologyYears of potential life lostDisease burdenMedicineDiseaseGerontologyEnvironmental healthLife expectancyDemographyPopulation
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Christopher J L Murray,
Alan D López
(1996).
The global burden of disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases injuries and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020..
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