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Table 2 Summary of burden of disease measures and economic evaluations for 20 disease-specific categories.

From: Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?

 

National Burden of Disease in Spain 2006

Economic evaluations

Disease categories*

DALYs in thousands (%)

YLLs in thousands (%)

YLDs in thousands (%)

Mortality in thousands (%)

Studies n (%)

Neuropsychiatric conditions

1,467.9 (29.2)

110.9 (5.2)

1.356.9 (46.8)

28.7 (7.7)

46 (9.6)

Malignant neoplasms

798.7 (15.9)

720.2 (33.9)

78.5 (2.7)

101.0 (27.2)

63 (13.2)

Cardiovascular diseases

651.0 (12.9)

517.9 (24.4)

133.1 (4.6)

124.8 (33.6)

75 (15.7)

Sense organ diseases

409.2 (8.1)

0.0 (0.0)

409.2 (14.1)

0.0 (0.0)

12 (2.5)

Respiratory diseases

343.8 (6.8)

123.7 (5.8)

220.1 (7.6)

31.7 (8.5)

22 (4.6)

Accidents and injuries

326.3 (6.5)

241.6 (11.4)

84.7 (2.9)

16.1 (4.3)

3 (0.6)

Musculoskeletal diseases

234.3 (4.6)

11.4 (0.5)

222.9 (7.7)

3.5 (0.9)

31 (6.5)

Digestive diseases

213.6 (4.3)

120.8 (5.7)

92.8 (3.2)

20.0 (5.4)

30 (6.3)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

113.9 (2.3)

66.9 (3.1)

47.0 (1.6)

7.4 (2.0)

73 (15.3)

Diabetes mellitus

98.7 (2.0)

39.2 (1.8)

59.4 (2.0)

10.0 (2.7)

26 (5.4)

Endocrine and blood disorders

60.2 (1.2)

19.4 (0.9)

40.8 (1.4)

2.8 (0.7)

19 (4.0)

Genitourinary diseases

52.6 (1.0)

33.0 (1.5)

19.6 (0.7)

9.7 (2.6)

14 (2.9)

Congenital anomalies

51.0 (1.0)

27.2 (1.3)

23.8 (0.8)

1.0 (0.3)

3 (0.6)

Perinatal conditions

49.0 (1.0)

33.1 (1.6)

15.9 (0.5)

1.0 (0.3)

4 (0.8)

Respiratory infections

36.7 (0.7)

31.6 (1.5)

5.1 (0.2)

8.8 (2.4)

28 (5.9)

Oral conditions

34.4 (0.7)

0.1 (0.0)

34.3 (1.2)

0.0 (0.0)

3 (0.6)

Nutritional deficiencies

27.7 (0.5)

1.1 (0.0)

26.6 (0.9)

0.3 (0.1)

3 (0.6)

Other neoplasms

21.4 (0.4)

21.4 (1.0)

0.0 (0.0)

3.5 (0.9)

3 (0.6)

Maternal conditions

19.1 (0.4)

0.4 (0.0)

18.7 (0.6)

0.0 (0.0)

12 (2.5)

Skin diseases

11.0 (0.2)

3.4 (0.2)

7.6 (0.3)

1.1 (0.3)

7 (1.5)

Total

5,020.8 (100)

2,123.6 (100)

2,897.2 (100)

371.5 (100)

477 (100)

  1. *Disease categories are presented in decreasing order of DALYs estimates in Spain (2006).
  2. DALYs: Disability adjusted life years; YLLs: Years of life lost; YLDs: Years lived with disability.