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Table 1 Top 20 conditions responsible for years of life lost, GBD 2030 and 2040

From: Rational design of an essential diagnostics network to support Universal Health Coverage: a modeling analysis

Condition

GBD term (if different)

Appears in GBD lists

Acute coronary syndrome

Ischemic heart disease

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Antenatal care

Neonatal preterm birth, Neonatal encephalopathyb

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Breast cancer

 

Global 2040

Cerebrovascular disease

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Chronic kidney disease

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Colorectal cancer

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2040

COPD

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Dementia

Alzheimer’s disease (and related dementias)

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Diabetes

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Diarrhea acute invasive bacterial

Diarrheal diseases

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

HIV

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Hypertensive heart disease

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Liver Cancer

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Lung cancer

Lung cancer; also tracheal, bronchus & lung cancer

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Malaria

 

Global 2030; LMIC 2030, 2040

Pneumonia, severe

Lower respiratory infection

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

Preeclampsia, HELLPa

Condition screened for during antenatal care

Global 2030; LMIC 2030, 2040

Trauma

Falls

Global 2040

 

Interpersonal violence

LMIC 2030

 

Road injuries

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

 

Self-harm

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2040

Tuberculosis

 

Global 2030, 2040; LMIC 2030, 2040

  1. a Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets: a late-pregnancy syndrome
  2. b Neonatal preterm birth and neonatal encephalopathy (in GBD-20) can be prevented in part through antenatal care but are not otherwise addressed in the analysis; congenital defects (also in GBD-20) not included in analysis