Table 2 Methods used to calculate YLL and YLD in general burden of disease studies

GBD approach

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West 25 (males) and 26 (females)

Y

GBD

N

N

Begg, 2008[13]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

GBD, DDW

Y

Y

Bowie, 1997[22]

Incidence

Own developed groups

n.a.

Y

Y

N

N

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

N

GBD

N

N

Bradshaw, 2003[14]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes due to little relevance)

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West 25 (males) and 26 (females)

Y

GBD1990, GBD2000, Audw, DDW

Y

N

Bundhamcharoen, 2002[16]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West 26

Y

GBD, DDW

Y

Y

Chapman, 2006[41]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West 26

Y

GBD, Zimb

N

n.a.

Dodhia, 2008[50]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

Y

N

Y

N

Standard West 26

N

GBD

N

N

Hyder, 2000[40]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

n.a.

Y

N

Y

N

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

N

GBD

N

N

Innove Solutions, 1998[51]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

N

N

N

N

N

Standard West 26

Y

GBD, DDW

N

n.a.

Jankovic, 2006[52]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes due to little relevance)

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West 26

n.a.

GBD1990, GBD2000, DDW

Y

N

Laaser, 2007[38]

Incidence and prevalence

GBD list I, II, III

n.a.

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

GBD1996, GBD2000

n.a.

N

Lai, 2009[27]

Prevalence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

N

N

N

N

Standard life tables of Estonia

N

Estdw

Y

N

Lopez, 2006[9]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

n.a.

Y

N

Y

Y

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

GBD

n.a.

N

Mathers, 2001[28]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (added own groups)

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Australian standard life tables

Y

DDW, GBD

Y

Y

Melse, 2000[21]

Prevalence

Own developed groups

n.a.

N

N

Y

N

Dutch life tables for 1994

Y

DDW

Y

N

Michaud, 2006[35]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Standard West level 25 and 26

Y

GBD

Y

N

Murray, 1997[10]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

n.a.

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West level 25 and 26

Y

GBD

n.a.

N

Naghavil, 2009[31]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Iran life expectancy

Y

GBD, DDW

n.a.

Y

Phua, 2009[39]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

Y

N

N

N

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

GBD, DDW, Audw

Y

N

Pike, 2002[30]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

n.a.

Y

N

N

N

Australian standard life tables

n.a.

GBD, DDW

Y

Y

SA Department of Health Australia, 2005[12]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (added own groups)

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Australian standard life tables

Y

GBD, DDW

Y

Y

Somerford, 2004[29]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Australian standard life tables

Y

N, YLL:YLD

N

N

Stevens, 2008[26]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

n.a.

Y

Y

N

Y

Standard life tables of Mexico

Y

GBD

N

N

Tobias, 2001[20]

Incidence

Own developed groups

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

n.a.

DDW, GBD, Audw, EQ5Ddw

Y

Y

Ünüvar, 2006[15]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West

Y

GBD, DDW

Y

N

Victorian BoD study, 2005[19]

Incidence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

DDW, GBD, EQ5D, Audw

Y

Y

World Health Organization, 2008[8]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West level 25 and 26

Y

GBD

N

N

World Health Organization, 2009[11]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Standard West level 25 and 26

Y

GBD

N

N

Yoon, 2007[24]

n.a.

Adapted GBD list (removed causes and added own groups)

Y

n.a.

n.a.

Y

N

Standard West

Y

KORdw

Y

N

Yusoff, 2004[17]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

Y

Y

N

N

N

Standard West 25 (females) and 26 (males)

Y

GBD, DDW

Y

N

Zhao, 2004[18]

Incidence

GBD list I, II, III

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

N

N

Australian standard life tables

Y

DDW, GBD

n.a.

N

Zhou, 2011[36]

Prevalence

Adapted GBD list (removed causes)

n.a.

Y

n.a.

N

N

Standard West

Y

N, YLL:YLD

n.a.

N