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disability-adjusted life years lost according to the Global Burden of Disease Report.
The study examined the years of healthy life that children and teens with cancer lose due to illness, disability and premature death, a measurement called
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
According to one study, mental-health issues are responsible for 32.4 per cent of years lived with disability and 13 per cent of
disability-adjusted life years - years of 'healthy' life lost due to disease, disability, or untimely death.
The World Health Organisation Global Burden of Disease Study estimates that 13.8 million
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are lost yearly due to asthma, representing 1.8 per cent of the total global disease burden.
In India, the World Health Organisation estimates 2,443
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) per 100,000 population are lost a year, while the age-adjusted suicide rate per 100,000 population is 21.1.
According to the World Health Organisation, every year, many millions of people undergo surgical treatment and surgical interventions account for an estimated 13pc of the world's total
disability-adjusted life years.
HIV and AIDS received the largest DAAH of the 10 leading causes of
disability-adjusted life years in 2015, followed by interpersonal violence, tuberculosis, and diarrheal disease.
(The measure of how many years of healthy life are lost is often referred to as "
disability-adjusted life years.")
The study found that in both 1990 and 2016, the leading causes of
disability-adjusted life years were ischemic heart disease and lung cancer.
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.
The global toll caused by these causes totals 20,578,000
disability-adjusted life years (DALYS) in the 195 countries and territories surveyed.