Globally, MDD DALY counts and age-standardized rates increased between 1990 and 2021.1,2 However, between 1990–2019, this increase appears to be largely driven by population growth with very little change in the age standardized DALY rate.1,2 In the years 2020 and 2021 there was an increase in MDD age-standardized DALY rates, as shown on the slide, estimated to be due to the COVID-19 pandemic.1,2
References:
1.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.
2.Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available at https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results.
