Table 1 Top 20 causes of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Years Lived with Disability (YLD) and Years of Life Lost (YLL) in Belgium, 2012, according to WHO global health estimates

1

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

Back and neck pain

[=]

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

2

Other circulatory diseases

[=]

Unipolar depressive disorders

[=]

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers

[=]

3

Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers

[=]

Falls

[=]

Other circulatory diseases

[=]

4

Back and neck pain

[+1]

Other musculoskeletal disorders

[=]

Stroke

[=]

5

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

[+6]

Alcohol use disorders

[=]

Other malignant neoplasms

[+1]

6

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

[=]

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

[=]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

[+1]

7

Unipolar depressive disorders

[=]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

[=]

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

[+6]

8

Stroke

[−4]

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

Self-harm

[−3]

9

Falls

[+3]

Anxiety disorders

[=]

Colon and rectum cancers

[=]

10

Other malignant neoplasms

[−1]

Migraine

[=]

Lower respiratory infections

[+1]

11

Alcohol use disorders

[+2]

Osteoarthritis

[=]

Breast cancer

[−1]

12

Self-harm

[−2]

Road injury

[=]

Other digestive diseases

[=]

13

Other musculoskeletal disorders

[+2]

Asthma

[=]

Road injury

[−5]

14

Colon and rectum cancers

[+2]

Schizophrenia

[=]

Cirrhosis of the liver

[=]

15

Road injury

[−7]

Other circulatory diseases

[+1]

Other unintentional injuries

[+4]

16

Other digestive diseases

[+2]

Drug use disorders

[−1]

Pancreas cancer

[+1]

17

Breast cancer

[−3]

Bipolar disorder

[=]

Other respiratory diseases

[−2]

18

Lower respiratory infections

[−1]

Other unintentional injuries

[=]

Other infectious diseases

[+2]

19

Other unintentional injuries

[+1]

Rheumatoid arthritis

[=]

Lymphomas, multiple myeloma

[−1]

20

Anxiety disorders

[+2]

Stroke

[=]

Falls

[+3]