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. 2025 Feb 17;25:636. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21851-z

Table 2.

Disease burden in 2021 and rate change in age-standardized rates from 1990 to 2021 by 21 Global Burden of Disease regions

Characteristics Prevalence (95% uncertainty interval) Incidence (95% uncertainty interval) Mortality (95% uncertainty interval) DALYs (95% uncertainty interval)
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Counts
(2021)
Age-standardized
rates per
100,000
(2021)
Rate change in
age-standardized
rates,
1990–2021
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia
 Central Asia 9,356,434 (8,704,146- 9,969,948) 10,698.24 (10,022.94- 11,348.10) 0.005 (−0.01 to 0.02) 168,442 (154,020- 183,300) 187.28 (173.80- 201.56) 0.64 (0.57–0.72) 9,397 (8,278- 10,515) 12.11 (10.72- 13.53) 1.42 (1.01–1.87) 427,633 (377,524- 490,696) 493.20 (435.99- 565.47) 0.51 (0.37–0.68)
 Central Europe 11,481,266 (10,766,159- 12,145,281) 6205.18 (5841.05- 6596.24) −0.03 (−0.04 to −0.01) 458,516 (423,618- 495,453) 218.39 (203.44- 234.06) 0.65 (0.56–0.75) 21,635 (19,445- 23,977) 9.39 (8.41–10.47) −0.10 (−0.18 to −0.02) 539,982 (472,193- 612,672) 266.92 (233.43- 306.23) −0.22 (−0.28 to −0.15)
 Eastern Europe 27,312,843 (25,403,078- 29,335,270) 9266.31 (8619.37- 9989.49) −0.01 (−0.01 to 0.002) 548,051 (501,351- 595,626) 180.10 (167.54- 193.25) 0.66 (0.59–0.73) 17,821 (16,126- 19,853) 5.22 (4.73–5.82) 0.46 (0.3–0.60) 642,467 (562,943- 726,952) 204.68 (180.40- 232.13) −0.01 (−0.08 to 0.07)
High-income
 Australasia 2,810,776 (2,637,789- 2,995,329) 5910.04 (5548.15- 6301.57) −0.03 (−0.06 to 0.001) 160,661 (146,984- 172,346) 297.30 (274.48- 317.56) 0.15 (0.07–0.22) 5,968 (5,025- 6,525) 9.63 (8.23–10.47) 0.14 (0.06–0.20) 113,693 (101,514- 125,301) 216.61 (193.23- 239.24) 0.03 (−0.02 to 0.07)
 High-income Asia Pacific 29,276,226 (27,336,162- 31,020,670) 7920.71 (7393.74- 8457.44) −0.08 (−0.09 to −0.07) 1,249,340 (1,151,298- 1,346,531) 274.49 (255.82- 293.59) 0.02 (−0.02 to 0.06) 63,459 (50,432- 70,953) 9.74 (8.09–10.68) −0.23 (−0.29 to −0.19) 1,146,613 (990,343- 1,268,312) 235.57 (206.04- 259.61) −0.25 (−0.29 to −0.22)
 High-income North America 42,488,578 (39,404,535–45,165,702) 7434.68 (6959.33- 7911.44) 0.004 (−0.01 to 0.02) 2,026,546 (1,868,598- 2,175,327) 316.15 (294.31- 338.42) 0.06 (−0.00 to 0.12) 143,679 (124,827- 154,757) 20.55 (18.10- 22.00) 1.47 (1.39–1.55) 3,120,983 (2,864,207- 3,351,576) 508.81 (467.04- 545.39) 0.91 (0.82–1.00)
 Southern Latin America 4,860,631 (4,530,777- 5,214,539) 5970.43 (5543.08- 6414.98) 0.03 (0.01–0.06) 244,517 (224,582- 263,090) 281.73 (260.45- 302.55) 0.32 (0.22–0.44) 21,583 (19,510- 22,986) 23.85 (21.63- 25.37) −0.08 (−0.14 to −0.03) 441,138 (411,345- 467,913) 515.22 (481.75- 515.22) −0.16 (−0.20 to −0.11)
 Western Europe 41,591,466 (39,070,950- 43,910,754) 5226.19 (4924.43- 5544.20) −0.04 (−0.06 to −0.03) 2,271,237 (2,122,275- 2,425,621) 238.55 (223.94- 254.27) 0.07 (0.01–0.13) 133,481 (109,637- 148,166) 10.66 (8.90- 11.81) 0.29 (0.18–0.38) 2,361,342 (2,067,098- 2,638,163) 241.72 (209.82- 271.06) 0.03 (−0.02 to 0.09)
Latin America and Caribbean
 Andean Latin America 3,743,589 (3,478,926- 4,028,408) 5946.06 (5524.81- 6371.54) 0.03 (0.01–0.05) 177,934 (165,435- 192,798) 298.18 (276.18- 322.60) 0.85 (0.71–1.00) 21,619 (17,903- 25,800) 37.66 (31.27- 44.93) 0.32 (0.08–0.63) 524,246 (434,446- 625,013) 872.44 (723.54- 1037.91) 0.16 (−0.04 to 0.41)
 Caribbean 3,468,705 (3,235,452- 3,720,720) 6632.98 (6181.25- 7112.38) 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 145,322 (136,425- 154,427) 274.22 (257.52- 291.86) 0.62 (0.53–0.72) 13,888 (12,086- 16,193) 25.78 (22.39- 30.07) 0.38 (0.19–0.58) 385,286 (331,558- 454,109) 735.85 (631.01- 867.89) 0.30 (0.13–0.50)
 Central Latin America 22,101,801 (20,701,763- 23,422,153) 8642.90 (8089.33- 9163.75) 0.02 (0.00–0.04) 1,056,443 (1,000,773- 1,110,306) 411.41 (390.17- 431.32) 0.49 (0.37–0.61) 104,444 (94,171- 116,461) 42.35 (38.32- 47.03) 0.52 (0.37–0.67) 2,993,750 (2,691,663- 3,371,708) 1171.14 (1054.82- 1316.26) 0.53 (0.38–0.69)
 Tropical Latin America 19,295,702 (18,022,781- 20,680,042) 7576.23 (7080.97- 8107.55) −0.02 (−0.03 to −0.01) 663,468 (620,124- 707,786) 259.33 (242.85- 275.61) 0.34 (0.26–0.45) 46,925 (42,508- 49,437) 18.84 (17.00- 19.87) 0.05 (−0.00 to 0.09) 1,311,915 (1,220,675- 1,401,164) 516.97 (480.55- 552.11) −0.08 (−0.12 to −0.05)
North Africa and Middle East

 North Africa

and Middle

East

49,668,756 (45,835,433- 53,616,786) 9180.02 (8523.53- 9830.12) 0.01 (−0.00 to 0.02) 1,988,922 (1,863,403- 2,127,840) 411.19 (385.40- 438.45) 0.61 (0.53–0.70) 144,687 (126,153- 162,699) 37.71 (32.73- 42.39) 0.21 (−0.24 to 0.51) 3,925,988 (3,427,227- 4,413,622) 846.64 (747.17- 948.02) 0.11 (−0.24 to 0.35)
South Asia
 South Asia 158,803,354 (147,190,732- 171,556,959) 9565.26 (8903.67- 10,265.71) −0.04 (−0.05 to −0.03) 2,755,183 (2,545,113- 2,967,871) 177.65 (164.06- 192.03) 0.21 (0.16–0.27) 226,043 (192,546- 264,155) 16.45 (14.03- 19.25) 0.18 (−0.08 to 0.41) 8,443,339 (7,372,315- 9,681,828) 540.57 (473.83- 620.42) 0.06 (−0.10 to 0.24)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Ocean
 East Asia 122,849,231 (113,607,491- 132,118,615) 6258.13 (5823.13- 6729.82) −0.12 (−0.13 to −0.10) 3,505,756 (3,245,783- 3,750,967) 176.80 (156.01- 176.80) 0.12 (0.05–0.20) 217,342 (178,047- 259,057) 11.15 (9.20–13.21) −0.22 (−0.39 to −0.05) 6,486,167 (5,538,060- 7,597,380) 322.36 (275.35- 377.34) −0.30 (−0.42 to −0.18)
 Oceania 776,661 (715,870- 846,878) 7950.68 (7408.82- 8567.73) 0.03 (0.01–0.04) 15,011 (13,905- 16,088) 162.83 (151.06- 174.45) 0.28 (0.19–0.36) 1,546 (1,265- 1,892) 21.56 (17.98- 26.37) 0.25 (−0.11 to 0.79) 65,815 (55,558- 77,796) 699.04 (597.93- 821.29) 0.20 (−0.09 to 0.60)
 Southeast Asia 73,561,437 (67,779,796- 79,733,436) 10,474.65 (9718.92- 11,301.72) 0.02 (0.02–0.03) 1,568,475 (1,457,741- 1,685,245) 231.28 (215.53- 247.34) 0.48 (0.40–0.56) 170,033 (148,864- 190,537) 28.47 (24.79- 31.87) 0.25 (0.02–0.43) 5,703,263 (5,028,657- 6,329,025) 846.26 (753.05- 940.53) 0.13 (−0.02 to 0.27)
Sub-Saharan Africa

 Central Sub-Saharan

Africa

6,811,951 (6,363,747- 7,313,187) 9165.20 (8640.85- 9709.73) −0.01 (−0.03 to 0.02) 88,402 (82,071- 94,885) 130.46 (120.30- 142.08) 0.38 (0.30–0.47) 21,011 (16,114- 27,467) 43.69 (33.26- 56.29) 0.02 (−0.22 to 0.33) 783,700 (622,595- 996,532) 1124.70 (899.03- 1436.09) −0.03 (−0.24 to 0.25)

 Eastern Sub-Saharan

Africa

15,017,845 (13,741,759- 16,422,384) 5821.27 (5404.49- 6293.60) 0.03 (0.02–0.03) 244,189 (228,098- 260,057) 118.08 (108.97- 127.55) 0.24 (0.18–0.31) 60,918 (53,817- 69,935) 40.09 (35.57- 46.03) −0.05 (−0.19 to 0.08) 2,047,629 (1,792,019- 2,374,164) 948.36 (838.71- 1090.36) −0.13 (−0.23 to −0.01)

 Southern Sub-Saharan

Africa

5,972,950 (5,547,456- 6,415,524) 9037.91 (8440.60- 9647.06) 0.01 (−0.00 to 0.02) 142,811 (132,638- 152,029) 233.60 (216.73- 248.74) 0.38 (0.32–0.45) 17,365 (15,612- 19,485) 34.43 (31.05- 38.29) 0.65 (0.27–0.90) 551,466 (494,226- 622,064) 895.96 (807.34- 996.98) 0.44 (0.20–0.62)

 Western Sub-Saharan

Africa

22,472,497 (20,882,526- 24,191,820) 8324.27 (7782.26–8871.02) 0.002 (−0.01 to 0.01) 455,812 (426,702–486,021) 179.77 (165.43–194.20) 0.32 (0.26–0.38) 64,796 (53,512–76,124) 36.41 (31.14–42.75) 0.08 (−0.09 to 0.25) 2,437,269 (1,992,652–2,893,649) 930.73 (788.43–1081.08) 0.002 (−0.13 to 0.14)

Data in parentheses represent the 95% uncertainty intervals. DALYs disability-adjusted life-years