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Disability-Adjusted Life Years

It is the sum of years of life lost due to PREMATURE MORTALITY and the number of years lived with disability, due to disease or health condition in a population. This is a measurement of BURDEN OF DISEASE.

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Abstract

It is the sum of years of life lost due to PREMATURE MORTALITY and the number of years lived with disability, due to disease or health condition in a population. This is a measurement of BURDEN OF DISEASE.

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6 entry terms
  • DALYs
  • Disability Adjusted Life Years
  • Disability-Adjusted Life Year
  • Life Year, Disability-Adjusted
  • Life Years, Disability-Adjusted
  • Years Lived With Disability

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3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, history, trends.

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Cost of Illness (1994-2021)
  • Life Expectancy (1996-2021)

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  1. E05.318w.308w.985w.450w.250w
  2. N01.224w.935w.464w.250w
  3. N06.850w.505.400w.975w.450w.250w
  4. N06.850w.520w.308w.985w.450w.250w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Disability-Adjusted Life Years. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000087509. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000087509
  2. Disability-Adjusted Life Years. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability-adjusted_life_year
  3. Disability-Adjusted Life Years. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55627