The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Table 22 Twenty leading causes of YLD by sex, US 1996

	MALES
Rank		YLD	% total YLD
	Total	7,330,853
1	Alcohol use	651,223	8.9%
2	Unipolar major depression	469,861	6.4%
3	Osteoarthritis	434,200	5.9%
4	Drug use	384,319	5.2%
5	COPD	372,927	5.1%
6	Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders	332,046	4.5%
7	Cerebrovascular Disease	317,366	4.3%
8	Asthma	272,898	3.7%
9	Congenital Abnomalities	237,988	3.2%
10	Motor vehicle accidents	232,687	3.2%
11	Diabetes mellitus	221,557	3.0%
12	Bipolar disorder	198,308	2.7%
13	HIV	188,519	2.6%
14	Schizophrenia	166,988	2.3%
15	Ischaemic heart disease	151,764	2.1%
16	Falls	132,485	1.8%
17	Obsessive-compulsive disorders	88,623	1.2%
18	Homicide and Violence	81,588	1.1%
19	Prostate cancer	78,870	1.1%
20	Panic disorder	77,701	1.1%
	sub-total	5,091,918	69.5%
	FEMALES
Rank		YLD	% total YLD
	Total	7,693,260
1	Unipolar major depression	900,209	11.7%
2	Osteoarthritis	506,412	6.6%
3	Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders	423,878	5.5%
4	Cerebrovascular Disease	408,478	5.3%
5	Alcohol use	386,306	5.0%
6	COPD	354,345	4.6%
7	Asthma	320,336	4.2%
8	Diabetes mellitus	273,821	3.6%
9	Congenital Abnomalities	205,015	2.7%
10	PTSD	193,533	2.5%
11	Panic disorder	182,203	2.4%
12	Bipolar disorder	164,990	2.1%
13	Schizophrenia	148,732	1.9%
14	Motor vehicle accidents	133,586	1.7%
15	Rheumatoid arthritis	131,758	1.7%
16	STD's excluding HIV	125,418	1.6%
17	Ischaemic heart disease	124,224	1.6%
18	Drug use	120,399	1.6%
19	Maternal Conditions	105,155	1.4%
20	Falls	88,551	1.2%
	sub-total	5,297,349	68.9%

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