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Table 25 Leading causes of YLD – American Indians

From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996

 

AMERICAN INDIAN MALES

Rank

Simple cause list

YLD

% total YLD

 

Total YLD

77,508

 

1

Alcohol use

22,997

29.7%

2

Unipolar major depression

4,160

5.4%

3

Drug use

3,042

3.9%

4

Osteoarthritis

2,940

3.8%

5

Asthma

2,745

3.5%

6

COPD

2,708

3.5%

7

Congenital Abnomalities

2,467

3.2%

8

Cerebrovascular Disease

2,014

2.6%

9

Bipolar disorder

1,948

2.5%

10

Road Traffic Accidents

1,902

2.5%

11

Schizophrenia

1,796

2.3%

12

Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders

1,775

2.3%

13

Diabetes mellitus

1,595

2.1%

14

HIV

1,190

1.5%

15

Cirrhosis of the liver

1,082

1.4%

16

Fires

1,027

1.3%

17

Obsessive-compulsive disorders

940

1.2%

18

Falls

921

1.2%

19

Ischaemic heart disease

881

1.1%

20

Panic disorder

743

1.0%

 

sub-total

58,874

76.0%

 

AMERICAN INDIAN FEMALES

Rank

Simple cause list

YLD

% total YLD

 

Total YLD

78,522

 

1

Alcohol use

19,417

24.7%

2

Unipolar major depression

7,655

9.7%

3

Asthma

3,233

4.1%

4

Osteoarthritis

3,020

3.8%

5

COPD

2,692

3.4%

6

Cerebrovascular Disease

2,251

2.9%

7

Congenital Abnomalities

2,182

2.8%

8

Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders

2,006

2.6%

9

Diabetes mellitus

1,895

2.4%

10

Panic disorder

1,851

2.4%

11

Bipolar disorder

1,717

2.2%

12

Schizophrenia

1,625

2.1%

13

PTSD

1,251

1.6%

14

Maternal Conditions

1,178

1.5%

15

STD's excluding HIV

1,157

1.5%

16

Road Traffic Accidents

1,115

1.4%

17

Rheumatoid arthritis

958

1.2%

18

Drug use

925

1.2%

19

Cirrhosis of the liver

918

1.2%

20

Obsessive-compulsive disorders

865

1.1%

 

Sub-total

57,910

73.8%