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. 2014 Apr 2;9(4):e91936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091936

Table 2. Global DALY proportions and rankings before and after the addition of attributable suicide burden, in 2010.

After addition of attributable suicide burden (95% UI)
Disorder Direct DALYs Mean rank Direct plus attributable DALYs Mean rank
As a proportion of total DALYs As a proportion of total DALYs
Major depressive disordera 2.5% (1.9%–3.3%) 11 (7–14) 3.2% (2.5%–4.0%) 8 (4–11)
Anxiety disordera 1.1% (0.8%–1.5%) 26 (19–33) 1.2% (0.9%–1.6%) 25 (17–30)
Alcohol dependencea 0.7% (0.5%–0.9%) 35 (29–45) 0.9% (0.7%–1.1%) 28 (26–37)
Schizophreniaa 0.6% (0.4%–0.7%) 43 (36–57) 0.7% (0.5%–0.9%) 39 (30.5–50)
Bipolar disordera 0.5% (0.3%–0.8%) 46 (35–59) 0.6% (0.4%–0.8%) 44 (31–56)
Mental and substance use disorders combinedb 7.4% (6.2%–8.6%) 5 (3–6) 8.3% (7.1%–9.6%) 3 (3–6)

Note. DALYs: Disability adjusted life years; 95% UI: 95% uncertainty interval;

a

Global ranking of direct burden for each disorder was from the official GBD 2010 disease ranking for 2010 [5] . Illicit drug use disorders have not been included here as the GBD 2010 official disease ranking investigated drug use disorders as group (rather than by specific drug types). Similarly, the ranking for anorexia nervosa was presented in addition to bulimia nervosa;

b

The global ranking of direct burden of mental and substance use disorders as a group compares the direct burden of the 11 main classes of diseases in GBD 2010 [10] .