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Table 21 Twenty leading causes of YLD, both sexes and all races combined

From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Rank

 

YLD

% of total

 

Total

15,024,113

 

1

Unipolar major depression

1,370,070

9.1%

2

Alcohol use

1,037,529

6.9%

3

Osteoarthritis

940,612

6.3%

4

Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders

755,925

5.0%

5

COPD

727,272

4.8%

6

Cerebrovascular Disease

725,844

4.8%

7

Asthma

593,233

3.9%

8

Drug use

504,718

3.4%

9

Diabetes mellitus

495,377

3.3%

10

Congenital Abnomalities

443,004

2.9%

11

Motor vehicle accidents

366,273

2.4%

12

Bipolar disorder

363,298

2.4%

13

Schizophrenia

315,720

2.1%

14

Ischaemic heart disease

275,988

1.8%

15

PTSD

260,337

1.7%

16

Panic disorder

259,904

1.7%

17

HIV

237,443

1.6%

18

Falls

221,036

1.5%

19

Rheumatoid arthritis

189,421

1.3%

20

Obsessive-compulsive disorders

169,067

1.1%

 

Sub-total

10,252,070

68.2%