Burden of Disease Profiles

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Author: Mandy McCulloch

Modified date: 20 July 2004 3:26pm

The following information is sourced directly from the Department of Human Service’s Information Management data, available through the DHS intranet. It provides the South Australian profile of Burden of Disease using averaged data over the three year period 1999-2001. Data explanations are provided by DHS.

If you want to know about ...	then the measure you should use is...
People living with a condition (morbidity burden)	Years of Healthy Life Lost to Disability (YLDs)
Premature death (mortality burden)	Years of Life Lost (YLLs)
The overall impact of disease	Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
Disease due to risk factors (eg smoking, obesity)	Risk factor burden

The Burden of Disease Profiles Background Paper can be downloaded by clicking the attached file.

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Burden of Disease Profiles - Background Paper 3.pdf	( Background paper 3.pdf 621.88 KB )

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