Global patterns of healthy life expectancy in the year 2002

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Leading causes of disability, years lived with disability (YLD) by cause as percent of YLD from all causes, developing countries^a, 2002

Cause group	% of total YLD	Female to male ratio
*I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions*	23.4	1.36
Infectious and parasitic diseases	10.9	0.95
Maternal conditions	3.8	-
Perinatal conditions	3.1	0.98
Nutritional deficiencies	4.4	1.08
*II. Noncommunicable diseases*	64.9	1.03
Malignant neoplasms	0.3	2.02
Diabetes mellitus	1.1	1.11
Neuropsychiatric conditions	29.4	1.09
Unipolar depressive disorders	11.1	1.47
Bipolar disorder	2.5	0.98
Schizophrenia	2.9	0.97
Alcohol use disorders	2.5	0.15
Alzheimer and other dementias*	1.0	1.40
Drug use disorders	0.8	0.28
Other neuropsychiatric disorders	8.6	1.37
Sense organ diseases	13.0	1.13
Vision disorders ^b	8.7	1.26
Hearing loss, adult onset	4.3	0.92
Cardiovascular diseases	3.3	0.82
Respiratory diseases	4.2	0.72
Musculoskeletal diseases	4.6	1.18
Other non-communicable diseases	8.9	0.90
*III. Injuries*	11.7	0.66
Unintentional injuries	9.7	0.75
Intentional injuries	2.0	0.32

a Developing countries includes all countries except for European countries, former Soviet countries, Canada, USA, Cuba, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore.
b Vision disorders includes vision loss due to glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and other age-related vision loss.

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