Table 1.
Conditions included in our analysis of nervous system health loss
| Included in GBD 2016 analysis by Feigin and colleagues1 | Mortality included in this analysis | |
|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's disease and other dementias | Yes | Yes |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | No | No |
| Autism spectrum disorder | No | No |
| Cerebral malaria | No | No |
| Cognitive impairment or Guillain–Barré syndrome due to COVID-19 | No | No |
| Congenital and adult neurosyphilis | No | No |
| Diabetic neuropathy | No | No |
| Encephalitis | Yes | Yes |
| Epilepsy | Yes (idiopathic) | Yes |
| Epilepsy due to cystic echinococcosis | No | No |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | No | No |
| Guillain–Barré syndrome | No | Yes* |
| Idiopathic intellectual disability | No | No |
| Meningitis | Yes | Yes |
| Migraine | Yes | No |
| Motor neuron disease | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple sclerosis | Yes | Yes |
| Neonatal encephalopathy | No | Yes |
| Nervous system cancer (ie, CNS cancers, neuroblastoma, and other peripheral nervous cell tumours; includes paediatric and adult primary cases, and excludes metastases) | Yes (CNS) | Yes |
| Neural tube defects | No | Yes |
| Neurocysticercosis | No | Yes |
| Neurological complications due to congenital birth defects | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to congenital Zika syndrome | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to Down syndrome | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to Klinefelter syndrome | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to neonatal jaundice | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to neonatal sepsis | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to other chromosomal anomalies (excluding Down syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, and Turner syndrome) | No | No |
| Neurological complications due to preterm birth | No | No |
| Other neurological disorders (including degenerative diseases, disorders of the autonomic nervous system, some movement disorders, spinocerebellar diseases, nerve root and plexus disorders, peripheral nerve disorders, neuromuscular disorders, and some muscle diseases such as myopathies; appendix pp 5–6) | Yes | Yes |
| Parkinson's disease | Yes | Yes |
| Rabies | No | Yes |
| Spinal cord injury | Yes | No |
| Stroke (ie, ischaemic stroke, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and intracerebral haemorrhage) | Yes | Yes |
| Tension-type headache | Yes | No |
| Tetanus | Yes | Yes |
| Traumatic brain injury | Yes | No |
*
Guillain-Barré syndrome deaths not ascribed to an underlying cause are captured in the category of other neurological disorders.