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Table 3.5: Fatal burden of disease and injury (YLL) by disease groups and by gender, 2016.

PERSON MALE FEMALE
Disease Categories
YLL % YLL % YLL %
INFECTIOUS DISEASES 145,935 4.11 101,555 4.72 44,380 3.17
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS 269,513 7.59 147,551 6.86 121,962 8.71

MATERNAL CONDITIONS 8,855 0.25 - 0.00 8,855 0.63
NEONATAL CONDITIONS 108,252 3.05 59,949 2.79 48,303 3.45
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY 909 0.03 580 0.03 330 0.02
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS 548,482 15.44 291,380 13.54 257,102 18.37
BENIGN NEOPLASMS 18,990 0.53 9,479 0.44 9,512 0.68
DIABETES MELLITUS 191,570 5.39 92,698 4.31 98,872 7.06
ENDOCRINE, BLOOD AND IMMUNE DISORDERS 41,927 1.18 17,585 0.82 24,342 1.74

MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS 2,351 0.07 1,826 0.08 525 0.04
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 64,310 1.81 39,379 1.83 24,931 1.78
SENSE ORGAN DISEASES 90 0.00 - 0.00 90 0.01
CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY DISEASES 1,123,671 31.64 693,919 32.24 429,753 30.70
RESPIRATORY DISEASES 206,787 5.82 129,630 6.02 77,157 5.51

DIGESTIVE DISEASES 129,821 3.66 80,957 3.76 48,864 3.49
GENITO URINARY DISEASE 110,598 3.11 58,878 2.74 51,720 3.70
SKIN DISEASES 26,282 0.74 13,787 0.64 12,495 0.89
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES 21,528 0.61 9,758 0.45 11,770 0.84
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES 80,853 2.28 39,013 1.81 41,840 2.99
ORAL CONDITIONS 139 0.00 60 0.00 80 0.01
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES 427,600 12.04 342,516 15.92 85,084 6.08

INTENTIONAL INJURIES 23,362 0.66 21,642 1.01 1,720 0.12
TOTAL YLL 3,551,826 100 2,152,140 100 1,399,686 100

GROUP I: Communicable Disease, Maternal, GROUP II: Non-communicable GROUP III: Injury
Perinatal, Nutritional Status Disease

3.2.2 Pattern of Years of Life Lost (YLL) by age in 2016.

Overall, 30.7 % of total YLL were contributed by productive age 15 to 49 years old [(10.4 % for young
adult and 20.3% for older adult)]. Pre-elderly age group (50 to 59 years old) contributed about 17.0%
for total YLL. Among male, 35.0% of total YLL were contributed by productive age (15 to 49 years
old), compared to female as 23.8%. About half of the total YLL (47.5%) in female was contributed by
elderly age group (60 years and above) (Figure 3.7).

In specific disease group, Unintentional Injuries become the most leading disease categories
towards YLL in the age of young adult (15 to 29 years old) and children (5 to 14 years old). Starting
at older adult age group (30-49 years old), Cardiovascular and Circulatory Disease become the
most leading disease categories towards YLL until elderly age group (60 years and above) (Figure

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