Table 3.
Disability-adjusted life-years lost for the 15 leading causes of admission to Kilifi District Hospital in residents living within 5 km of the hospital
|
Women |
Men |
Disability-adjusted life-years lost | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years of life lost | Years lived with disability | Years of life lost | Years lived with disability | ||
| HIV | 2170 | 114 | 1713 | 60 | 2050 |
| Meningitis | 375 | 28 | 349 | 14 | 385 |
| Diabetes | 262 | 91 | 321 | 56 | 364 |
| Stroke | 130 | 13 | 183 | 11 | 166 |
| Pneumonia | 195 | 10 | 95 | 4 | 156 |
| Gastroenteritis | 141 | 1 | 183 | 1 | 161 |
| Heart failure | 97 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 68 |
| Benign prostatic hypertrophy | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 63 |
| Asthma | 0 | 65 | 0 | 51 | 59 |
| Cervical cancer | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Head injury | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Spontaneous abortion | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Inguinal hernia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0·3 |
| Fractures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0·03 |
Years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years lost are per 100 000 person-years of observation.