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Methodology

DISEASE AND The disease and injury categories where follow the previous
INJURY MBOD study (IPH 2017). All the list were reviewed by team
CATEGORY researchers and expert to cover all fatal and non-fatal health
outcomes, health priorities and policy interest relevant to
LISTS Malaysia. The lists were determined by compared and

referred to many sources such as previous MBOD studies,
World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Tabulation and
Global Burden of Disease 2015 list.

A final disease and injury list consisting of 22 disease
groups, under which 113 disease and injury categories were
classified. Residual causes were included in each disease
group to ensure health loss was captured for all conditions.
The final disease groups and categories used in this MBOD is
included in Appendix I (medical death) and Appendix II (non-
medical death). The ICD-10 codes corresponding with each
disease and injury category, as well as the disease group, are
included.

YEARS OF Years of Life Lost (YLL) represents the burden of fatal

LIFE LOST diseases and injuries. Mortality data, by age and gender,
(YLL) was used to determine the YLL for each disease and injury
category. Years of Life Lost (YLL) was calculated by summing
the number of deaths for the disease category at 5-year age

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