4. Comparative Quantification of Mortality and Burden of Disease Attributable to Selected Risk Factors

Table 4A.11: Risk factor: Iron-deficiency anemiaSFTRETDisease: All causes

Risk factor: Iron-deficiency anemiaSFTRETDisease: All causes
0-4 years5-14 years15-29 years30-44 years45-59 years60-69 years70-79 years80+ yearsTotal
RegionMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleAll
PAF of Mortality (%)
East Asia and Pacific5500020201000000111
Europe and Central Asia2201010000000000000
Latin America and the Caribbean3212020101000000111
Middle East and North Africa4312030200000001111
South Asia6510051613010000232
Sub-Saharan Africa3301030200000000122
Low- and middle-income countries4401030301000000121
High-income countries1101000000000000000
WORLD4401030301000000111
PAF of YLL (%)
East Asia and Pacific5500020201000000121
Europe and Central Asia2201010000000000000
Latin America and the Caribbean3212020101000000111
Middle East and North Africa4312030200000001122
South Asia6510051613010000343
Sub-Saharan Africa3301030200000000222
Low- and middle-income countries4401030301000000222
High-income countries1101000000000000000
WORLD4401030301000000122
PAF of DALYs (%)
East Asia and Pacific4326121201000000121
Europe and Central Asia2213020100000000010
Latin America and the Caribbean2211010100000000111
Middle East and North Africa3236121201000000122
South Asia5411131412010000233
Sub-Saharan Africa3221120200000000222
Low- and middle-income countries4312121201000000122
High-income countries1112130101000000011
WORLD3312131201000000122
Attributable Mortality (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific353200141827030101415697
Europe and Central Asia2200000000000000437
Latin America and the Caribbean6400111111101112111123
Middle East and North Africa8601010100000101101020
South Asia10891212244301121070000127175302
Sub-Saharan Africa715512018014111000007490163
Low- and middle-income countries2321903544965415302122424266346613
High-income countries1000000000000114358
WORLD2321903544965415302123537269351621
Attributable YLL (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific1,075987108401172120235134645312141,1921,5092,700
Europe and Central Asia7051326756443424119279171
Latin America and the Caribbean18213510121930202415218771258265249515
Middle East and North Africa25116861633223224343714272267538
South Asia3,2842,76847434467888736215434212223013,6834,7858,468
Sub-Saharan Africa2,1601,67322603501734212127422002,2132,5944,807
Low- and middle-income countries7,0225,782981391141,3641421,3412846102918620408197,7179,48217,199
High-income countries1813020112222347614344377
WORLD7,0395,795981411141,3651431,34328761231189244714337,7509,52517,275
Attributable DALYs (thousands)
East Asia and Pacific1,1711,08617646532546416035915731150861729382,0602,8094,869
Europe and Central Asia95762540241252233162421127812211321532
Latin America and the Caribbean2141642240489125631828121191559352421774
Middle East and North Africa28120070144578532611727101079244755401,015
South Asia3,6023,0781061753189713461,044294558311821536464,7156,04910,764
Sub-Saharan Africa2,2731,788199173180689884742741161568112,7903,1905,980
Low- and middle-income countries7,6366,3935981,0379532,4266722,03453098913931660106153010,60213,33123,933
High-income countries3733112811117331863785353333251318308481789
WORLD7,6736,4256091,0661,0642,5997032,1205671,07417434893131284810,91113,81224,722

Source: Authors' calculations.

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