The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

Table 23 Leading causes of YLD – Whites

	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%

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