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Malaysia Burden of Disease (MBOD) study has been continuously produce starting in the year
2000. This report is the fourth instalment of the MBOD which covers on the year of 2015 until 2017.
The concepts and the findings outline will be the same with the previous findings which covers on
assessment of the magnitude and distribution of more than 100 disease conditions with additional
of Healthy Adjusted Life Expectancies (HALEs) component. The MBOD study was carried out to
assist stakeholders in the public health, health services and medical research in setting priorities
and planning of services and resources. Therefore, the objective aims to provide a comprehensive
assessment of premature mortality (fatal illness) and morbidity (non-fatal illness) attributable to
diseases and injuries by age and sex specific for 2015 until 2017 in terms of DALYs. In addition, the
findings were also aiming to provide a comprehensive assessment of Malaysia’s Health Adjusted
Life Expectancy (HALE) for 2015 until 2017.

1.2 Objectives

The present study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of premature mortality and
morbidity (non-fatal health outcomes) attributable to diseases and injuries by age and sex specific
for 2015 until 2017. Therefore, the objectives can be specified as follow:

To calculate the burden of premature mortality (YLLs) by age and sex in Malaysia for 2015 until 2017.
To calculated the burden of morbidity (YLDs) by age and sex in Malaysia for 2015 until 2017.
To calculate the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in Malaysia for 2015 until 2017.
To calculate the Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) in Malaysia for 2015 until 2017.

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metrics. Lancet; 380: 2063-2066.

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