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. 2011 Oct 11;11:787. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-787

Table 3.

Standard expected life years lost (SEYLL) by sex and leading specific subcategories. Spain, 2008.

Males Females Both sexes
Specific subcategories Number % Rank Rate per 1,000 Number % Rank Rate per 1,000 Number % Rank Rate per 1,000
Ischaemic heart disease 124,257 9.7 2 5.5 55,176 6.7 3 2.4 179,433 8.5 1 3.9
Lung cancer 138,406 10.8 1 6.1 30,283 3.7 6 1.3 168,690 8.0 2 3.7
Cerebrovascular disease 62,601 4.9 3 2.8 61,215 7.5 1 2.7 123,816 5.9 3 2.7
Colorectal cancer 50,190 3.9 5 2.2 36,261 4.4 5 1.6 86,451 4.1 4 1.9
Road traffic accidents 59,333 4.6 4 2.6 13,708 1.7 12 0.6 73,041 3.5 5 1.6
Alzheimer and other dementias 20,958 1.6 14 0.9 39,001 4.7 4 1.7 59,959 2.9 6 1.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 46,284 3.6 6 2.1 12,765 1.6 14 0.6 59,049 2.8 7 1.3
Breast cancer 498 0.0 - 0.0 58,413 7.1 2 2.5 58,911 2.8 8 1.3
Suicides 43,391 3.4 7 1.9 12,191 1.5 15 0.5 55,581 2.6 9 1.2
Cirrhosis of the liver 36,062 2.8 8 1.6 11,742 1.4 17 0.5 47,804 2.3 10 1.0
Stomach cancer 25,233 2.0 9 1.1 14,470 1.8 10 0.6 39,703 1.9 11 0.9
Pancreas cancer 22,133 1.7 11 1.0 16,379 2.0 8 0.7 38,512 1.8 12 0.8
Lower respiratory infections 21,093 1.7 13 0.9 14,837 1.8 9 0.6 35,930 1.7 13 0.8
Liver cancer 23,918 1.9 10 1.1 9,000 1.1 22 0.4 32,917 1.6 14 0.7
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma 18,518 1.4 18 0.8 14,344 1.7 11 0.6 32,861 1.6 15 0.7
Inflammatory heart diseases 19,570 1.5 16 0.9 12,132 1.5 16 0.5 31,702 1.5 16 0.7
Brain cancer 16,898 1.3 20 0.8 11,440 1.4 18 0.5 28,338 1.3 17 0.6
Leukaemias 14,516 1.1 22 0.6 10,593 1.3 20 0.5 25,110 1.2 18 0.6
Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) 19,085 1.5 17 0.8 5,861 0.7 24 0.3 24,946 1.2 19 0.5
Bladder cancer 20,789 1.6 15 0.9 4,132 0.5 29 0.2 24,922 1.2 20 0.5

Overall 1,277,879 100 56.8 821,412 100 35.6 2,099,291 100 46.0

Note: In males, prostate cancer ranks 12th (21,633 SEYLL), mouth cancer ranks 19th (17,386 SEYLL) and poisonings ranks 21st (16,883 SEYLL). In females, ovarian cancer ranks 7th (17,026 SEYLL), hypertensive heart disease ranks 13th (13,082 SEYLL), and nephritis/nephrosis ranks 19th (10,968 SEYLL).