Disease burden by risk factor, World

Disease burden is measured as Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). One DALY is the equivalent of losing one year in good health because of either premature
mortality or disability. One DALY represents one lost year of healthy life.

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Asthma prevalence
Burden of disease
Burden of disease by cause
Burden of disease from injuries, by age
Burden of disease, by age group
Child deaths from pneumonia by risk factor
DALY rates from communicable, neonatal, maternal & nutritional diseases
DALY rates from injuries
DALY rates from non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Death rate from pneumonia for children vs. GDP per capita
Deaths from pneumonia, by age
Diabetes prevalence
Diabetes prevalence vs GDP per capita
Disability Adjusted Life Years lost due to communicable diseases per 100,000
Disease burden by age
Disease burden due to communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
Disease burden from communicable, maternal, neonatal & nutritional diseases by age
Disease burden from communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases
Disease burden from injuries
Disease burden from non-communicable diseases
Disease burden from non-communicable diseases by age
Disease burden from non-communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
Disease burden vs. health expenditure per capita
Global disease burden by region
Hepatitis B incidence rate
Life expectancy vs. expected years lived with disability or disease
Lymphatic Filariasis – World Map of the WHO Status
Lymphatic Filariasis, treated population and population that requires treatment but is not treated
Number of child deaths from diarrheal diseases by risk factor
Share of disease burden from NCDs vs. GDP per capita
Share of disease burden from communicable diseases vs. GDP per capita
Share of total disease burden by cause
Total disease burden by cause
Years lived with disease or disability vs. GDP per capita