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. 2023 Dec 26;19:17455057231219610. doi: 10.1177/17455057231219610

Table 1.

Physical health conditions eligible for inclusion according to Global Burden of Disease classification.

Cardiovascular diseases
Aortic aneurysm, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, endocarditis, hypertensive heart disease, ischemic heart disease, nonrheumatic valve diseases, other cardiovascular, peripheral artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, stroke
Chronic respiratory diseases
Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, other chronic respiratory, pneumoconiosis
Diabetes and chronic kidney diseases
Acute glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney disease, diabetes
Digestive diseases
Appendicitis, cirrhosis, gallbladder and biliary, hernia, ileus and obstruction, inflammatory bowel, other digestive diseases, pancreatitis, upper digest diseases, vascular intestinal
Enteric infections
Diarrheal diseases, invasive non-typhoidal salmonella (iNTS), other intestinal infect, typhoid and paratyphoid
Maternal and neonatal disorders
Maternal disorders, neonatal disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Gout, low back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, other musculoskeletal disorder, rheumatoid arthritis
Neglected tropical diseases and malaria
African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, cystic echinococcosis, cysticercosis, dengue, ebola, food-borne trematodiases, guinea worm, intestinal nematode, leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, onchocerciasis, other neglected tropical diseases (NTD), rabies, schistosomiasis, trachoma, yellow fever, zika virus
Neoplasms
Bladder cancer (c.), brain c., breast c., cervical c., colorectal c., esophageal c., gallbladder c., hodgkin lymphoma, kidney c., larynx c., leukemia, lip oral cavity c., liver c., lung c., lymphoma, melanoma, mesothelioma, myeloma, nasopharynx c., other malignant neoplasms, other neoplasms, other pharynx c., ovarian c., pancreatic c., prostate c., skin c., stomach c., testicular c., thyroid c., uterine c.
Neurological disorders
Alzheimer’s disease, headache disorders, epilepsy, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, other neurological, Parkinson’s disease
Nutritional deficiencies
Dietary iron deficiency, iodine deficiency, other nutritional, protein-energy malnutrition, vitamin A deficiency
Other infectious diseases
Acute hepatitis, diphtheria, encephalitis, measles, meningitis, other unspecified infectious diseases, tetanus, varicella, whooping cough
Other non-communicable diseases
Congenital defects, gynecological diseases, endocrine/metabolic/blood/immune diseases, hemoglobinopathies, oral disorders, SIDS, urinary diseases
Respiratory infections and tuberculosis
lower respiratory infect, otitis media, tuberculosis, upper respiratory infect
Sense organ diseases
Age-related hearing loss, blindness and vision impairment, other sense organ diseases
Skin diseases
Acne vulgaris, alopecia areata, bacterial skin disease, decubitus ulcer, dermatitis, fungal skin diseases, other skin diseases, pruritus, psoriasis, scrabies, urticaria, viral skin diseases
Transport injuries
Other transport injuries, road injuries
Unintentional injuries
Adverse medical treatment, animal contact, drowning, environ heat and cold, falls, fire and heat, foreign body, mechanical forces, nature disaster, other unintentional, poisonings

Self-generated table based on the Global Burden of Diseases Classification that is publicly available and was published online by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Washington School of Medicine. 21 (GBD main categories (and their associated subcategories) we did not include were self-harm and interpersonal violence, substance use disorders, mental disorders, and sexually transmitted diseases).

Comparisons have been found on all conditions in italics.