As outlined on the slide, the global burden associated with different disorders can be estimated using the disability-adjusted life-year metric, which sums up the fatal and non-fatal burden of a condition.1,2
References:
- WHO website. https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/158. Accessed May 2025.
- GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 2024; 403 (10440): 2133–2161.