Burden of injury in childhood and adolescence in 8 European countries

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Disability (YLD), premature mortality (YLL), and burden of injury (DALY) per 1,000 persons in the age group 0-24 years, by country

Country	Disability				Premature mortality	Burden of injury
	YLD^a	YLD^a	YLD^a	YLD^a	YLL^b	DALY^c
	Not admitted short term	Admitted short term	Admitted life long	Total
Austria	0.9	0.3	9.2	10.4	20.8	31.2
Denmark	1.3	0.2	3.6	5.1	16.8	21.9
Ireland	0.4	0.1	5.7	6.2	17.2	23.4
Latvia	2.0	0.2	4.4	6.6	51.6	58.2
Netherlands	0.8	0.1	2.2	3.1	10.7	13.8
Norway	1.0	0.2	3.1	4.3	19.4	23.7
Slovenia	0.1	0.2	2.1^d	2.4^d	27.0	29.4
UK, England	0.8	0.1	2.9	3.8	14.0	17.8
UK, Wales	1.1	0.1	2.8	4.0	14.0	18.0

^a YLD = years lived with disability
^b YLL = years lost due to premature mortality
^c DALY = disability-adjusted life years
^d YLD admitted life long and YLD total are an underestimation, since spinal cord injury and complex soft tissue injury are not coded in the HDR.

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