Disease Burden from Selected Groups of Causes Using Different Measures, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001 | Percentage of deaths | Percentage of disease burden |
| Cause | Stillbirths excluded | Stillbirths included | DALYs(3,0) | DALYsSB(3,0,1) | DALYsSB(3,0,.54) |
| Total deaths or DALYs (millions) | 48.4 | 51.6 | 1,387.4 | 1,485.6 | 1,260.6 |
| Group Ia | 36.4% | 40.4% | 39.8% | 43.8% | 35.5% |
| Group II | 53.8 | 50.5 | 48.9 | 45.7 | 52.4 |
| (Of which cardiovascular diseases) | (27.6) | (25.9) | (12.9) | (12.0) | (14.2) |
| Group III | 9.8 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 12.1 |
Source: Authors' calculations.
Note: All three percentage of disease burden formulations assume a 3% discount rate and uniform age weights (that is, K = 0). DALYs(3,0) and DALYsSB(3,0,1) assume instantaneous ALP (A = 1). For DALYs(3,0,.54), A = .54.
a. The "not allocated" category (from Table 6.4) consists principally of Group I causes and is included with Group I here.