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

Table 6B.4: The Burden of Disease—DALYs(3,0) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (Excluding Stillbirths) (thousands)

The Burden of Disease—DALYs(3,0) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (Excluding Stillbirths) (thousands)
	Low- and middle-income countries			High-income countries			World
	DALYs			DALYs			DALYs
Cause	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total
Total DALYs(3,0)	424,062	963,364	1,387,426	6,804	142,358	149,161	430,866	1,105,721	1,536,587
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	330,086	222,553	552,639	2,177	6,384	8,561	332,263	228,937	561,200
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	159,602	161,226	320,828	563	2,812	3,375	160,165	164,039	324,203
1. Tuberculosis	1,385	34,502	35,887	2	217	219	1,387	34,719	36,106
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	3,194	6,149	9,343	13	132	145	3,207	6,280	9,488
3. HIV/AIDS	10,467	60,362	70,830	3	662	665	10,471	61,024	71,495
4. Diarrheal diseases	53,343	5,376	58,719	235	210	444	53,578	5,586	59,164
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	34,124	9,031	43,155	141	33	175	34,266	9,064	43,330
a. Pertussis	11,310	99	11,408	138	2	139	11,448	100	11,548
b. Poliomyelitis	30	106	136		8	8	30	114	144
c. Diphtheria	137	28	164				137	28	164
d. Measles	16,984	6,121	23,106	3	20	23	16,988	6,141	23,129
e. Tetanus	5,663	2,677	8,340	1	5	5	5,664	2,681	8,345
6. Meningitis	2,784	2,695	5,479	50	81	131	2,834	2,776	5,610
8. Malaria	36,159	3,827	39,986	2	7	9	36,161	3,834	39,995
Other I.A. (7, 9-15)^a	18,144	39,285	57,429	117	1,470	1,587	18,261	40,755	59,016
B. Respiratory infections	62,826	23,926	86,752	98	2,376	2,474	62,924	26,302	89,227
C. Maternal conditions		26,398	26,398		391	391		26,789	26,789
D. Perinatal conditions	89,096		89,096	1,405	4	1,408	90,501	4	90,505
1. Low birthweight	42,606		42,606	467		467	43,072		43,073
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	31,442		31,443	528	1	530	31,971	2	31,972
3. Other perinatal conditions	15,048		15,048	410	2	412	15,458	2	15,460
E. Nutritional deficiencies	18,562	11,002	29,564	111	801	912	18,673	11,803	30,475
II. Noncommunicable diseases	78,798	600,044	678,842	4,229	125,127	129,356	83,027	725,171	808,198
A. Malignant neoplasms	1,148	73,644	74,792	54	25,834	25,888	1,202	99,478	100,680
C. Diabetes mellitus	102	15,715	15,817	1	4,191	4,192	103	19,906	20,009
E. Neuropsychiatric disorders	20,180	116,960	137,140	976	30,254	31,230	21,156	147,214	168,371
1. Unipolar depressive disorders		43,444	43,445		8,408	8,408	1	51,852	51,853
2. Bipolar affective disorder		8,681	8,681		1,056	1,056		9,737	9,737
3. Schizophrenia	1	10,530	10,531		1,115	1,115	1	11,645	11,646
Other II.E. (4-16)^b	20,178	54,305	74,483	976	19,675	20,651	21,154	73,981	95,134
G. Cardiovascular diseases	3,033	175,983	179,016	78	29,780	29,859	3,111	205,764	208,875
3. Ischemic heart disease	177	71,735	71,913	2	12,388	12,390	180	84,124	84,303
4. Cerebrovascular disease	371	62,326	62,697	11	9,344	9,354	382	71,669	72,051
Other II.G. (1, 2, 5, 6)^c	2,484	41,922	44,406	65	8,049	8,114	2,550	49,970	52,520
H. Respiratory diseases	5,966	52,146	58,112	569	9,233	9,801	6,535	61,379	67,914
I. Digestive diseases	14,442	37,990	52,433	475	6,061	6,536	14,917	44,051	58,968
M. Congenital anomalies	22,061	1,483	23,544	1,191	228	1,420	23,252	1,712	24,964
Other II. (B, D, F, J, K, L, N)^d	11,866	126,121	137,987	885	19,546	20,431	12,751	145,667	158,418
III. Injuries	15,178	140,767	155,945	398	10,846	11,244	15,576	151,613	167,189
A. Unintentional	14,621	98,684	1,13,306	364	7,513	7,876	14,985	106,197	121,182
1. Road traffic accidents	2,275	29,766	32,041	68	2,978	3,045	2,343	32,744	35,087
Other III.A. (2-6)^e	12,346	68,918	81,264	296	4,535	4,831	12,642	73,453	86,095
B. Intentional	557	42,083	42,640	34	3,334	3,368	591	45,416	46,007
1. Self-inflicted	4	17,674	17,678		2,581	2,581	4	20,255	20,259
Other III.B. (2-4)^f	553	24,409	24,962	34	753	787	587	25,161	25,749

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

Table 6B.4: The Burden of Disease—DALYs(3,0) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (Excluding Stillbirths) (thousands)

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