DALYs attributable to stroke

Stroke is a highly prevalent disease worldwide, and has a considerable burden on quality of life as measured by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).^1,2 DALYs are calculated by summing the number of years lost due to premature mortality, and the number of years lived with a disability.³ The DALY therefore can be thought of as one lost year of full health.³

References:

1. Ding Q, Liu S, Yao Y, et al. Global, regional, and national burden of ischemic stroke, 1990–2019. Neurology 2022; 98 (3): e279–e290.

2. GBD 2019 Stroke Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Neurol 2021; 20 (10): 795–820.

3. WHO. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Accessed March 2024.