BURDEN OF DISEASE EXPRESSED AS DALY AT GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL
Abstract:
Disease burden can be expressed as Disability-
Adjusted Life Years (DALY), combining the burden due to
death and that of disability in a single index. The use of
this synthetic index allows the comparison between the
burden due to various environmental risk factors and
other risk factors or diseases (at global, national or local
level). The environmental burden of disease quantifies the
amount of disease caused by environmental risks. An
independent International Network of Burden of Disease
has been established and the World Health Organization
is routinely publishing the data of the burden of disease in
the World Health Report, promoting its development and
implementation. Many countries, including Romania,
have completed the global burden of disease (GBD)
method in order to assess the national (NBD) and local
burden of disease.
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