Leading causes of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)

In North America, these are the leading causes of DALY (defined in Diet and having a long and disability-free life):

Leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALY)  2010 North America Global
Heart disease (ischaemic) 1 1
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder 2 9
Low back pain 3 6
Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers 4 22
Major depressive disorder 5 11
Other musculoskeletal disorders 6 24
Cerebrovascular disease 7 3
Diabetes 8 14
Neck pain 9 21
Road injury 10 10
Drug use disorders 11 31
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias 12 49
Anxiety disorders 13 26
Self-harm 14 18
Falls 15 19
Cirrhosis of the liver 16 23
Colon and rectum cancers 17 44
Chronic kidney diseases 18 29
Alcohol use disorders 19 35
Breast cancer 20 47
Lower respiratory infections 21 2
Asthma 22 28
Schizophrenia 23 43
Osteoarthritis 24 38
Interpersonal violence 25 27
Preterm Birth Complications 26 8
Other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases 27 37
Benign prostatic hyperplasia 28 62
Migraine 29 30
Congenital anomalies 30 17
Pancreatic cancer 31 64
Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis 32 50
Hypertensive heart disease 33 42
Prostate cancer 34 88
Other hearing loss 36 41
HIV/AIDS 37 5
Poisonings 42 58
Sickle cell disorders 43 71
Diarrhoeal disease 48 34
Liver cancer 49 33
Epilepsy 52 36
Neonatal encephalopathy 54 12
Oesophageal cancer 55 57
Stomach cancer 56 39
Drowning 64 32
Adverse effects of medical treatment 69 82
Fire, heat, hot substances 73 34
Exposure to mechanical forces 75 48
Meningitis 91 25
Sepsis etc in newborn baby 99 16
Maternal disorders 109 40
Protein-energy malnutrition 116 20
Iron-deficiency Anaemia 117 15
Exposure to forces of nature 123 45
Tuberculosis 124 13
Syphilis 146 55
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 149 52
Measles 153 56
Malaria 155 7

About Alice

I've milled and baked with whole grains for many years, because whole grains are delicious, and white flour is missing the nutrition that protects you from cancer, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and many other diseases. Plus it's a good emergency food.
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