TABLE A3.

Growth Rate in Infectious and Chronic Disease Disability-Adjusted Life Years (% per year), 2002 to 2030

Region	Infectious Diseases	Chronic Diseases
World	−1.83	0.15
High income	−2.57	−0.45
East Asia and Pacific	−2.85	0.65
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	−0.49	−0.57
South Asia	−3.36	0.33
Latin America	−2.92	0.59
Middle East and North Africa	−3.04	0.29
Sub-Saharan Africa	−1.94	0.25

Sources: Author's calculations. Data and region categories are based on Mathers and Loncar 2006 and WHO's Global Burden of Disease projections. Infectious diseases classification is based on WHO's type 1 burden of disease cluster. Chronic diseases classification is based on cardiovascular disease, cancers, respiratory disease, and diabetes mellitus subcategories of WHO's type 2 burden of disease cluster.