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. 2007 Apr;61(4):344–348. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.050807

Table 2 Total Disability Adjusted Life Years lost and population attributable fractions for physical inactivity by sex, in World Health Organization EUR‐A region, 2002.

Males Females Total
DALYs lost (n) PAF DALYs lost (%) DALYs lost to PiA % of all DALYs DALYs lost (n) PAF DALYs lost (%) DALYs lost to PiA % of all DALYs DALYs lost (n) PAF DALYs lost (%) DALYs lost to PiA (n) % of all DALYs
Ischaemic heart disease 2 305 911 23 530 360 1.025 1 266 047 22 278 530 0.538 3 571 958 23 808 890 1.564
Cerebrovascular disease 1 328 909 12 159 469 0.308 1 327 525 13 172 578 0.334 2 656 434 12 332 047 0.642
Breast cancer 6414 932 944 11 102 624 0.198 939 358 11 102 624 0.198
Colon/rectum cancer 562 723 16 90 036 0.174 466 108 17 79 238 0.153 1 028 831 16 169 274 0.327
Diabetes mellitus 547 093 15 82 064 0.159 559 015 15 83 852 0.162 1 106 108 15 165 916 0.321
Total 4 751 050 18 861 929 1.666 4 551 639 16 716 822 1.386 9 302 689 17 1 578 751 3.052

DALY, Disability Adjusted Life Year; PAF, population attributable fraction; PiA, physical inactivity; YLD, years of life lost in disability; YLL, years of life lost in early deaths.

Source: World Health Organization.3