The relative importance and stability of disease burden causes over time: summarizing regional trends on disease burden for 290 causes over 28 years

Table 1 Interpretation of the Jenkins-Van Kerm (JVK) proportionality index

Aggregate DALY rate	Sign of proportionality (P) index	Causes disproportionately responsible for growth/decline
Growing	Positive	Low-ranked
Growing	Negative	High-ranked
Declining	Positive	High-ranked
Declining	Negative	Low-ranked

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