PHA-Exch> More on WHO's The Global Burden of Disease

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *The global burden of disease: 2004 update

*World Health Organization WHO – October 2008

*A response to the need for comprehensive, consistent and comparable
information on diseases and injuries at global and regional level.* *
Website:*
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/2004_report_update/en/index.html
*Full text PDF [160p**.*] at:
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf
*The global burden of disease: 2004 update* is a comprehensive assessment of
the health of the world's population. It provides detailed global and
regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for
135 causes by age and sex, drawing on extensive WHO databases and on
information provided by Member States.

The  study provides a comprehensive picture of the global and regional state
of health. Drawing from extensive data across the Organization, it features
comparisons between deaths, diseases and injuries by region, age, sex and
country income for the year 2004. It also provides projections of deaths and
burden of disease by cause and region to the year 2030.

The study contains details of the top 10 causes of death and estimates for
over 130 disease and injury causes. Striking findings include:

·         Worldwide, Africa accounts for nine out of every 10 child deaths
due to malaria, for nine out of every 10 child deaths due to AIDS, and for
half of the world's child deaths due to diarrhoeal disease and pneumonia.

·         The top five causes of death in low-income countries are:
pneumonia, followed by heart disease, diarrhoea, HIV/AIDS and stroke. In
high-income countries, the list is topped by heart disease and followed by
stroke, lung cancer, pneumonia, and asthma/bronchitis.

·         Men between the ages of 15 and 60 years have much higher risks of
dying than women in the same age category in every region of the world.
This, is mainly due to injuries, including those caused in violence and
conflict, and to higher levels of heart diseases. This difference is most
pronounced in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the eastern
European regions.

·         Depression is the leading cause of years lost due to disability,
the burden being 50% higher for females than males. In both low- and
middle-income countries, and high-income countries, alcohol dependence and
problem use are among the 10 leading causes of disability.

The production and dissemination of health information for action is one of
WHO's core mandated activities. This study provides Member States with an
important input for health decision making, planning and priority setting.

The study contains information on:

·         causes of death in different parts of the world

·         the leading causes of death by age, sex and disease

·         the numbers of people with various diseases and disabilities

·         how many people become ill each year

·         the causes of loss of health and the actual loss of years of good
health: these are measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). One
DALY is equivalent to the loss of one year of full health.
*NOTE FOR THE MEDIA*

Arabic <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/ar/index.html> |
Chinese <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/zh/index.html>|
English <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/en/index.html>|
French <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/fr/index.html> |
Russian <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/ru/index.html>|
Spanish <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2008/np11/es/index.html>
*OTHER MATERIALS ON THE REPORT*

10 facts on the
GBD<http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/global_burden/en/index.html>|
Top
10 causes of death fact
sheet<http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index.html>|
Key
figures and graphs [ppt
1.74Mb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD2004ReportFigures.ppt>
*THE REPORT IN SECTIONS*

*::* Part 1: Introduction [pdf
577kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_part1.pdf>
*::* Part 2: Causes of death [pdf
635kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_part2.pdf>
*::* Part 3: Disease incidence, prevalence and disability [pdf
247kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_part3.pdf>
*::* Part 4: Burden of disease: DALYs [pdf
395kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_part4.pdf>
*::* Annex A: Deaths and DALYs 2004 Annex tables [pdf
581kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_AnnexA.pdf>
*::* Annex B: Data sources and methods [pdf
300kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_AnnexB.pdf>
*::* Annex C: Analysis categories and mortality data sources [pdf
224kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_AnnexC.pdf>
*::* References [pdf
144kb]<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_References.pdf>
*STATISTICS FROM THE REPORT*

*::* Regional estimates of YLL, YLD, and DALYs, deaths, incidence and
prevalence for 2004<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates_regional/en/index.html>
*::* Regional projections of deaths and DALYs for 2008, 2015, and
2030<http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/projections/en/index.html>
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