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4.0 Years Lost due to Disability (YLD)
The Years Lost due to Disability are the number of years that a subject life with some disease.
It depends on the severity of the disability that the disease causes to the affected individual.
Chronic disease disables an individual once disease is diagnosed, and the years that he or she
lives until death are the number of years lived with disability. The estimation could help in
4.1 Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) - 2015
viewing the disease impacts on populations.
4.1 Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) - 2015
4.1.1 Pattern of Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) by gender in 2015.
4.1.1 Pattern of Years Lost due to Disability (YLD) by gender in 2015.
Figure 4.1: Percentage (%) of non-fatal burden (YLD) by disease groups and gender, 2015.
Figure 4.1: Percentage (%) of non-fatal burden (YLD) by disease groups and gender, 2015.
PERSON 13.1 18.9 10.1
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
MALE 12.2 19.7 10.5
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
FEMALE 14.1 18.0 10.9
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
MATERNAL CONDITIONS NEONATAL CONDITIONS
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS
BENIGN NEOPLASMS DIABETES MELLITUS
ENDOCRINE, BLOOD AND IMMUNE DISORDERS MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SENSE ORGAN DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DIGESTIVE DISEASES GENITO URINARY DISEASE
SKIN DISEASES MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES
CONGENITAL ANOMALIES ORAL CONDITIONS
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES INTENTIONAL INJURIES
Overall, YLD was mostly contributed by Mental and Behavioural Disorder (369,021; 18.9%) followed
by Diabetes Mellitus (256,389; 13.1%) and Respiratory Diseases (198,344; 10.1%). As for gender, YLD in
male mostly contributed by Mental and Behavioural Disorder (205,063; 19.7%) followed by Diabetes
Mellitus (127,501; 12.2%) and Cardiovascular and Circulatory Diseases (109,257; 10.5%). For female,
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