From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996
 | WHITE MALES | ||
---|---|---|---|
Rank | Cause list | YLD | % total YLD |
 | Total YLD | 5,963,710 |  |
1 | Alcohol use | 488,341 | 8.2% |
2 | Unipolar major depression | 390,121 | 6.5% |
3 | Osteoarthritis | 378,589 | 6.3% |
4 | Drug use | 324,878 | 5.4% |
5 | COPD | 319,049 | 5.3% |
6 | Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders | 293,857 | 4.9% |
7 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 258,909 | 4.3% |
8 | Asthma | 216,831 | 3.6% |
9 | Motor vehicle accidents | 195,590 | 3.3% |
10 | Congenital Abnomalities | 189,083 | 3.2% |
11 | Diabetes mellitus | 174,663 | 2.9% |
12 | Bipolar disorder | 161,700 | 2.7% |
13 | Schizophrenia | 134,190 | 2.3% |
14 | Ischaemic heart disease | 130,502 | 2.2% |
15 | Falls | 113,345 | 1.9% |
16 | HIV | 111,533 | 1.9% |
17 | Obsessive-compulsive disorders | 71,313 | 1.2% |
18 | Prostate cancer | 68,023 | 1.1% |
19 | Panic disorder | 63,735 | 1.1% |
20 | PTSD | 55,968 | 0.9% |
 | sub-total | 4,140,220 | 69.4% |
 | WHITE FEMALES | ||
Rank | Cause list | YLD | % total YLD |
 | Total YLD | 6,234,020 |  |
1 | Unipolar major depression | 736,746 | 11.8% |
2 | Osteoarthritis | 439,876 | 7.1% |
3 | Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders | 375,458 | 6.0% |
4 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 323,173 | 5.2% |
5 | COPD | 307,237 | 4.9% |
6 | Alcohol use | 291,334 | 4.7% |
7 | Asthma | 253,904 | 4.1% |
8 | Diabetes mellitus | 210,058 | 3.4% |
9 | Congenital Abnomalities | 162,162 | 2.6% |
10 | PTSD | 159,120 | 2.6% |
11 | Panic disorder | 145,888 | 2.3% |
12 | Bipolar disorder | 131,835 | 2.1% |
13 | Schizophrenia | 118,134 | 1.9% |
14 | Rheumatoid arthritis | 110,674 | 1.8% |
15 | Motor vehicle accidents | 109,754 | 1.8% |
16 | STD's excluding HIV | 101,298 | 1.6% |
17 | Ischaemic heart disease | 100,510 | 1.6% |
18 | Drug use | 98,319 | 1.6% |
19 | Maternal Conditions | 82,750 | 1.3% |
20 | Falls | 76,404 | 1.2% |
 | Sub-total | 4,334,635 | 69.5% |