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

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

YLD from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (thousands)
	Low- and middle-income countries			High-income countries			World
	YLD			YLD			YLD
Cause	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total
Total YLD	104,557	372,465	477,022	4,592	66,717	71,309	109,148	439,182	548,330
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	45,068	52,890	97,958	1,041	2,127	3,169	46,109	55,018	101,127
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	15,016	31,552	46,568	467	934	1,401	15,483	32,486	47,969
1. Tuberculosis	170	3,964	4,134	1	46	47	170	47,799	47,969
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	1,127	4,065	5,192	12	126	138	1,139	4,190	5,329
3. HIV/AIDS	173	5,802	5,975	1	171	173	175	5,974	6,148
4. Diarrheal diseases	4,814	3,022	7,836	222	170	392	5,036	3,192	8,228
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	2,359	266	2,625	138	4	141	2,496	269	2,766
a. Pertussis	2,192	98	2,290	137	1	138	2,328	100	2,428
b. Poliomyelitis	21	105	126		2	2	21	107	128
c. Diphtheria
d. Measles	136	58	194	1	1	2	137	58	195
e. Tetanus	9	4	14				9	4	14
6. Meningitis	829	302	1,131	27	22	49	856	324	1,180
8. Malaria	3,158	1,341	4,499		5	5	3,158	1,346	4,504
Other I.A. (7, 9-15)^a	2,386	12,791	15,177	66	391	457	2,452	13,182	15,634
B. Respiratory infections	3,855	2,095	5,949	46	150	197	3,901	2,245	6,146
C. Maternal conditions					364	364		13,385	13,385
D. Perinatal conditions	13,523		13,523	422		422	13,945		13,945
1. Low birthweight	3,377		3,377	175		175	3,552		3,552
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	9,352		9,352	191		191	9,543		9,543
3. Other perinatal conditions	794		794	56		56	850		850
E. Nutritional deficiencies	12,674	6,223	18,897	107	679	785	12,781	6,902	19,683
II. Noncommunicable diseases	53,465	277,249	330,714	3,371	61,737	65,108	56,836	338,987	395,823
A. Malignant neoplasms	37	2,072	2,109	4	2,566	2,570	41	4,639	4,680
C. Diabetes mellitus	15	5,647	5,662	1	2,249	2,249	16	7,896	7,912
E. Neuropsychiatric disorders	18,854	106,595	125,449	913	26,996	27,909	19,767	133,592	153,358
1. Unipolar depressive disorders		43,222	43,222		8,387	8,387		51,608	51,608
2. Bipolar affective disorder		8,673	8,673		1,052	1,052		9,725	9,725
3. Schizophrenia		10,153	10,153		1,091	1,091		11,244	11,244
Other II.E. (4-16)^b	18,854	44,548	63,402	913	16,466	17,379	19,767	61,015	80,781
G. Cardiovascular diseases	540	20,091	20,631	15	5,623	5,638	554	25,714	26,268
3. Ischemic heart disease	1	3,923	3,923		908	908	1	4,831	4,831
4. Cerebrovascular disease		11,102	11,102		3,460	3,460		14,562	14,562
Other II.G. (1, 2, 5, 6)^c	539	5,066	5,605	15	1,255	1,270	554	6,321	6,875
H. Respiratory diseases	4,040	17,546	21,586	539	5,319	5,857	4,578	22,865	27,443
I. Digestive diseases	10,972	14,074	25,045	440	2,382	2,821	11,412	16,455	27,867
M. Congenital anomalies	9,293		9,293	647		647	9,940		9,940
Other II. (B, D, F, J, K, L, N)^d	9,375	111,564	120,939	813	16,603	17,416	10,528	127,826	138,354
III. Injuries	6,024	42,326	48,349	180	2,852	3,032	6,203	45,178	51,381
A. Unintentional	5,864	34,242	40,106	178	2,510	2,688	6,042	36,752	42,794
1. Road traffic accidents	783	6,413	7,196	16	481	497	798	6,894	7,693
Other III.A. (2-6)^e	5,082	27,829	32,911	162	2,029	2,191	5,244	29,857	35,101
B. Intentional	159	8,084	8,243	2	342	344	161	8,426	8,587
1. Self-inflicted		1,237	1,237		148	148		1,385	1,385
Other III.B. (2-4)^f	159	6,847	7,007	2	194	195	161	7,041	7,202

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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