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Table 2 Top 20 causes of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Years Lived with Disability (YLD) and Years of Life Lost (YLL) in Belgium, 2010, according to IHME GBD 2010

From: Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints

Rank

DALY

 

YLD

 

YLL

 

1

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

Low back pain

[=]

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

2

Low back pain

[=]

Major depressive disorder

[=]

Lung cancer

[+1]

3

Stroke

[=]

Falls

[+2]

Stroke

[−1]

4

Lung cancer

[=]

Neck pain

[−1]

Self-harm

[+1]

5

COPD

[=]

Other musculoskeletal

[−1]

COPD

[+1]

6

Falls

[+3]

COPD

[=]

Colorectal cancer

[+1]

7

Major depressive disorder

[=]

Alzheimer’s disease

[+5]

Road injury

[−3]

8

Alzheimer’s disease

[+8]

Diabetes

[+2]

Lower respiratory infections

[+2]

9

Self-harm

[−1]

Ischaemic heart disease

[=]

Breast cancer

[−1]

10

Road injury

[−4]

Migraine

[−2]

Alzheimer’s disease

[+6]

11

Neck pain

[−1]

Anxiety disorders

[−4]

Other cardio & circulatory

[−2]

12

Other musculoskeletal

[+2]

Drug use disorders

[−1]

Cirrhosis

[−1]

13

Diabetes

[−2]

Osteoarthritis

[+1]

Pancreatic cancer

[+4]

14

Colorectal cancer

[−1]

Road injury

[−1]

Diabetes

[−1]

15

Other cardio & circulatory

[=]

Alcohol use disorders

[=]

Falls

[+5]

16

Breast cancer

[−4]

Asthma

[+1]

Prostate cancer

[+3]

17

Lower respiratory infections

[=]

Schizophrenia

[+2]

Brain cancer

[+1]

18

Migraine

[+1]

Other hearing loss

[−2]

Leukaemia

[+3]

19

Anxiety disorders

[+1]

Dysthymia

[+2]

Stomach cancer

[−7]

20

Cirrhosis

[−2]

Bipolar disorder

[=]

Chronic kidney disease

[+2]

  1. The change in rank since 1990 is given between brackets, with ‘+’ indicating an increase in rank, ‘–’ a decrease in rank, and ‘=’ a status quo.