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Table 2 Distribution of the different types of ranking measures

From: Why my disease is important: metrics of disease occurrence used in the introductory sections of papers in three leading general medical journals in 1993 and 2003

 

1993 (n = 36)

N (% of all ranked)

2003 (n = 53)

N (% of all ranked)

Cause of death

18 (48.6)

19 (34)

Cause of morbidity

1 (2.7)

4 (7.5)

Cause of disease

7(18.9)

5 (9.4)

'Most common form of...'

7 (18.9)

20 (37.7)

Burden/years of life lost

1 (2.7)

3 (5.7)

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Population Health Metrics

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