Table 1 Study characteristics of included studies
From: Systematic review of general burden of disease studies using disability-adjusted life years
Author, Year (reference no.) | Country1 | WHO region | Data sources mortality | Data sources morbidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Begg, 2008[13] | Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Disease registers, cohort and intervention studies and surveys |
Bowie, 1997[22] | South and West region, England | EURO | 1992 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys age-specific mortality data | World bank study |
Bradshaw, 2003[14] | South Africa | AFRO | 1) Statistics South Africa, 2) Population Register, 3) National Injury Mortality Surveillance Study, 4) For children: 1996 census and the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey | The South African Birth Defects Surveillance System |
Bundhamchareon, 2002[16] | Thailand | SEARO | Survey of Population Change | Disease registers, routine databases or epidemiological studies |
Chapman, 2006[41] | Zimbabwe | AFRO | Vital Registration System and number of deaths for 1997 taken from a nationwide census | Local disease registers, surveys and routine health service data supplemented by estimates from epidemiological studies from other settings |
Dodhia, 2008[50] | London, England | EURO | Local mortality data | The GBD estimates from World Health Organization were used |
Hyder, 2000[40] | Pakistan | EMRO | Pakistan Demographic Survey of 1989, Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 1990–1991, National Health Survey of Pakistan 1989–1994 | More than 180 national and local data sources were reviewed to obtain information on diseases in Pakistan |
Innove Solutions, 1998[51] | West Pennine, England | EURO | National mortality data from Public Health Department | West Pennine Health Authority morbidity data |
Jankovic, 2007[52] | Serbia and Serbia Montenegro | EURO | Serbian Office of Statistics mortality database | Disease registers, routine databases, and epidemiological studies |
Laaser, 2007[38] | Syria | EMRO | National mortality register, analysis of the WHO life table of Syria and mortality sentinel surveillance | National databases |
Lai, 2009[27] | Estonia | EURO | Vital registration of Statistics Estonia | Estonian Health Insurance Fund database |
Lopez, 2006[9] | Global | Global | Death registrations, population-based epidemiological studies, disease registers, and notification systems. | Disease registers, epidemiological studies, health surveys, and health facility data |
Mathers, 2001[28] | Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Disease registers and epidemiological studies |
Melse, 2000[21] | Netherlands | Dutch death registration | General practitioner registrations, national registries, and population surveys | |
Michaud, 2006[35] | United States | AMRO | Mortality File from the National Center for Health Statistics 1996 | National health surveys, the National Hospital Discharge Database, disease registers, and epidemiological studies |
Murray, 1997[10] | Global | 21 regions in the world | Death registration systems, sample death registration systems, epidemiological assessments, cause of death models | Disease registers, population surveys, epidemiological studies, health facility data |
Naghavi, 2009[31] | Iran | EMRO | data from the national death registry of Health Ministry ME | Disease surveillance systems, hospital disease registries, representative national surveys, subnational and local studies. |
Phua, 2009[39] | Singapore, Malaysia | WPRO | Registry of Births and Deaths | National disease registers and surveillance or notification systems, national health surveys, health services utilization data |
Pike, 2002[30] | Queensland, Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Australian BoD YLD data |
SA Department of Health Australia, 2005[12] | South Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Disease registers and epidemiological studies |
Somerford, 2004[29] | Western Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Australian BoD YLD data |
Stevens, 2008[26] | Mexico | AMRO | National Mortality statistics | Vital statistics, national censuses, health examination surveys, and published epidemiological studies |
Tobias, 2001[20] | New Zealand | WPRO | New Zealand Health Information Service mortality | Disease registers, population surveys, hospital discharge register |
Ünüvar, 2004[15] | Turkey | EURO | Death statistics obtained from provincial and town centers in Turkey, hospital records and Directorate General of Security data | Population Census, Records obtained from government agencies, National surveys, national and international reports and articles |
Victorian BOD, 2005[19] | Victoria, Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Disease registers, routine databases and population health surveys |
World Health Organization, 2008[8] | Global | 21 regions in the world | Death registration systems, sample death registration systems, epidemiological assessments, cause of death models | Disease registers, population surveys, epidemiological studies, health facility data |
World Health Organization, 2009[11] | Global | 21 regions in the world | Death registration systems, sample death registration systems, epidemiological assessments, cause of death models | Disease registers, population surveys, epidemiological studies, health facility data |
Yoon, 2007[24] | Korea | SEARO | The Korean National Health Insurance system | Large normative cohort |
Yusoff, 2004[17] | Malaysia | WPRO | Malaysian mortality data of the Department of Statistics subdivided in four regions | Disease registries, routine databases and epidemiological studies |
Zhao, 2004[18] | Northern Territory, Australia | WPRO | Australian death registry from Australian Bureau of Statistics | Disease registers, population surveys, expert opinions |
Zhou, 2011[36] | Yunnan Province, China | WPRO | Medical death certificate information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Indirect method: YLD/YLL ratio for China taken from the WHO World Health Report 2002 |