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Table 4 Annual CMS patient numbers, prevalence, average individual DALYs, and DALYs/1,000 in each altitude group in 2009 and 2010

From: Burden of disease resulting from chronic mountain sickness among young Chinese male immigrants in Tibet

Altitude

2009

 

2010

N*

n (%)**

DALY†

DALY/1,000‡

N*

n (%)**

DALY†

DALY/1,000‡

3,500-3,999 m

569

12 (2.1)

0.13 (0.11)

3.60 (2.26)

534

17 (3.2)

0.17 (0.11)

4.01 (3.49)

4,000-4,499 m

889

123 (13.8)

0.24 (0.13)

31.80 (16.62)

896

133 (14.8)

0.23 (0.12)

35.71 (19.20)

4,500-4,999 m

687

137 (19.9)

0.26 (0.11)

52.24 (17.88)

603

124 (20.6)

0.26 (0.09)

52.78 (22.94)

5,000-5,400 m

131

49 (37.4)

0.33 (0.08)

112.21 (40.33)

122

41 (33.6)

0.30 (0.11)

110.67 (28.20)

  1. *: total number in each altitude group; **: number of patients (with prevalence in %); †: average individual DALYs of each altitude group (with the standard deviation in brackets); ‡: DALYs per 1,000 of each altitude group (with the standard deviation in brackets).
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