Table 7 Twenty leading causes of DALYs, by sex, US 1996
From: The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996
| Â | Males | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Cause list | DALY | % total |
| Â | Total DALY | 17,860,393 | Â |
1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 1,958,184 | 11.0% |
2 | Motor vehicle accidents | 933,798 | 5.2% |
3 | Lung trachea or bronchial cancer | 812,804 | 4.6% |
4 | HIV | 763,816 | 4.3% |
5 | Alcohol use | 731,890 | 4.1% |
6 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 673,928 | 3.8% |
7 | COPD | 641,701 | 3.6% |
8 | Homicide and Violence | 567,717 | 3.2% |
9 | Self-inflicted | 541,399 | 3.0% |
10 | Unipolar major depression | 469,929 | 2.6% |
11 | Diabetes mellitus | 442,051 | 2.5% |
12 | Osteoarthritis | 434,856 | 2.4% |
13 | Drug use | 411,780 | 2.3% |
14 | Congenital Abnomalities | 410,388 | 2.3% |
15 | Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders | 382,392 | 2.1% |
16 | Asthma | 303,088 | 1.7% |
17 | Cirrhosis of the liver | 280,632 | 1.6% |
18 | Conditions arising during the perinatal period | 273,577 | 1.5% |
19 | Cancer colon or rectum | 249,462 | 1.4% |
20 | Prostate cancer | 238,889 | 1.3% |
| Â | sub-total | 11,522,281 | 64.5% |
| Â | Females | ||
| Â | Cause list | DALY | % total |
| Â | Total DALY | 15,229,819 | Â |
1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 1,176,548 | 7.7% |
2 | Unipolar major depression | 900,356 | 5.9% |
3 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 836,359 | 5.5% |
4 | COPD | 611,790 | 4.0% |
5 | Lung trachea or bronchial cancer | 549,908 | 3.6% |
6 | Breast cancer | 514,786 | 3.4% |
7 | Osteoarthritis | 507,826 | 3.3% |
8 | Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders | 506,849 | 3.3% |
9 | Diabetes mellitus | 504,240 | 3.3% |
10 | Motor vehicle accidents | 459,480 | 3.0% |
11 | Alcohol use | 409,303 | 2.7% |
12 | Asthma | 362,015 | 2.4% |
13 | Congenital Abnomalities | 351,563 | 2.3% |
14 | Cancer colon or rectum | 234,469 | 1.5% |
15 | Conditions arising during the perinatal period | 220,382 | 1.4% |
16 | Lower respiratory infections | 195,448 | 1.3% |
17 | PTSD | 193,533 | 1.3% |
18 | HIV | 192,602 | 1.3% |
19 | Panic disorder | 182,218 | 1.2% |
20 | Bipolar disorder | 165,236 | 1.1% |