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

Table 6B.2: YLL(3,0) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (thousands)

YLL(3,0) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (thousands)
	Low- and middle-income countries			High-income countries			World
	YLL			YLL			YLL
Cause	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total
Total YLL	319,558	590,267	909,825	2,209	75,650	77,859	321,767	665,917	987,684
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	285,058	169,531	454,589	1,133	4,258	5,391	286,191	173,789	459,980
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	144,555	129,584	274,138	96	1,878	1,975	144,651	131,462	276,113
1. Tuberculosis	1,215	30,528	31,743	1	171	172	1,216	30,699	31,915
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	2,067	2,079	4,146	1	6	7	2,068	2,085	4,153
3. HIV/AIDS	10,299	54,537	64,836	2	491	493	10,301	55,027	65,328
4. Diarrheal diseases	48,534	2,350	50,884	13	40	53	48,547	2,390	50,937
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	31,751	8,756	40,507	4	30	34	31,755	8,786	40,540
a. Pertussis	9,113		9,113	1		1	9,114		9,114
b. Poliomyelitis	9	1	10		6	6	9	7	16
c. Diphtheria	137	27	164				137	27	164
d. Measles	16,840	6,057	22,897	2	19	21	16,843	6,076	22,918
e. Tetanus	5,652	2,671	8,323	1	5	5	5,653	2,675	8,328
6. Meningitis	1,952	2,391	4,343	23	59	82	1,975	2,450	4,425
8. Malaria	32,981	2,481	35,462	2	2	4	32,982	2,483	35,466
Other I.A. (7, 9-15)^a	15,705	26,514	42,219	51	1,079	1,130	15,808	36,570	52,378
B. Respiratory infections	58,979	21,810	80,789	52	2,227	2,279	59,031	24,037	83,068
C. Maternal conditions		13,363	13,363		27	27		13,390	13,390
D. Perinatal conditions	75,642		75,643	981	4	984	76,623	4	76,627
1. Low birthweight	39,228		39,228	291		291	39,520		39,520
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	22,118		22,118	336	1	338	22,454	2	22,455
3. Other perinatal conditions	14,296		14,297	353	2	355	14,650	2	14,652
E. Nutritional deficiencies	5,882	4,773	10,656	4	122	126	5,887	4,895	10,782
II. Noncommunicable diseases	25,345	322,376	347,721	857	63,397	64,255	26,203	385,773	411,976
A. Malignant neoplasms	1,110	71,503	72,613	50	23,265	23,315	1,160	94,768	95,928
C. Diabetes mellitus	87	10,054	10,141	1	1,942	1,943	87	11,997	12,084
E. Neuropsychiatric disorders	1,317	10,310	11,626	63	3,259	3,322	1,380	13,569	14,949
1. Unipolar depressive disorders		205	205		21	21	1	226	227
2. Bipolar affective disorder		5	5		4	4		9	9
3. Schizophrenia	1	373	374		24	24	1	397	398
Other II.E. (4-16)^b	1,314	9,727	11,041	63	3,210	3,273	1,377	12,937	14,314
G. Cardiovascular diseases	2,493	155,750	158,243	63	24,166	24,229	2,557	179,915	182,472
3. Ischemic heart disease	177	67,751	67,928	2	11,483	11,485	179	79,234	79,412
4. Cerebrovascular disease	371	51,170	51,541	11	5,886	5,896	382	57,056	57,438
Other II.G. (1, 2, 5, 6)^c	1,946	36,828	38,774	50	6,797	6,848	1,996	43,626	45,622
H. Respiratory diseases	1,925	34,570	36,495	30	3,914	3,945	1,955	38,484	40,439
I. Digestive diseases	3,482	23,888	27,370	35	3,680	3,715	3,516	27,568	31,084
M. Congenital anomalies	12,785	1,480	14,265	543	229	771	13,328	1,709	15,037
Other II. (B, D, F, J, K, L, N)^d	2,147	14,821	16,967	72	2,943	3,015	2,219	17,764	19,983
III. Injuries	9,155	98,361	107,516	218	7,995	8,213	9,373	106,356	115,729
A. Unintentional	8,757	64,384	73,141	186	5,003	5,189	8,943	69,387	78,330
1. Road traffic accidents	1,491	23,331	24,822	52	2,496	2,548	1,543	25,827	27,370
Other III.A. (2-6)^e	7,266	41,053	48,320	134	2,507	2,640	7,400	43,560	50,960
B. Intentional	398	33,977	34,374	33	2,992	3,024	430	36,969	37,399
1. Self-inflicted	4	16,435	16,439		2,432	2,433	4	18,868	18,871
Other III.B. (2-4)^f	394	17,542	17,936	32	559	592	426	18,101	18,527

Source: Chapter 3 of this volume.

Note: A blank cell indicates that fewer than 1,000 deaths are attributable to the specific cause.

a. Hepatitis, tropical-cluster diseases, leprosy, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, trachoma, intestinal nematode infections, and other infectious diseases.

b. Epilepsy, alcohol use disorders, Alzheimer's and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, drug use disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, insomnia (primary), migraine, mental retardation attributable to lead exposure, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

c. Rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, inflammatory heart diseases, and other cardiovascular diseases.

d. Other neoplasms, endocrine disorders, sense organ diseases, genitourinary diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and oral conditions.

e. Poisonings, falls, fires, drownings, and other unintentional injuries.

f. Violence, war, and other intentional injuries.

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