6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease

Table 6.8: Disease Burden from Selected Groups of Causes Using Different Measures, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001

Disease Burden from Selected Groups of Causes Using Different Measures, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
Percentage of deathsPercentage of disease burden
CauseStillbirths excludedStillbirths includedDALYs(3,0)DALYsSB(3,0,1)DALYsSB(3,0,.54)
Total deaths or DALYs (millions)48.451.61,387.41,485.61,260.6
Group Ia36.4%40.4%39.8%43.8%35.5%
Group II53.850.548.945.752.4
(Of which cardiovascular diseases)(27.6)(25.9)(12.9)(12.0)(14.2)
Group III9.89.111.210.512.1

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.

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