Comparing causes of death worldwide with DALYs

Death versus DALYs
Comparing Causes of Death Worldwide with DALYs
	TOP 10 CAUSES OF DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS, 1990	TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH, 1990
1.	Lower respiratory infections	Ischemic heart disease
2.	Diarrheal diseases	Cerebrovascular disease
3.	Conditions arising during the perinatal period	Lower respiratory infections
4.	Unipolar major depression	Diarrheal diseases
5.	Ischemic heart disease	Conditions arising during the perinatal period
6.	Cerebrovascular disease	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
7.	Tuberculosis	Tuberculosis
8.	Measles	Measles
9.	Road traffic accidents	Road traffic accidents
10.	Congenital anomalies	Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
Source: Christopher J.L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez, eds., The Global Burden of Disease: Volume 1 (World Health Organization, Harvard School of Public Health, and the World Bank, Geneva, 1996), �pp. 179 and 262.