Table 1. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) ranked by 9 broad cause groups, 2012.

Rank	Broad cause group	DALYs	% of Total NCD DALYs
	Specific cause in the group
1	Diabetes, urogenital, blood, & endocrine diseases	3,706	17.63
	Diabetes mellitus	2,181	10.37
	Tubulointerstitial nephritis, pyelonephritis, & urinary tract infections	402	1.91
	Benign prostatic hyperplasia	308	1.47
2	Other non-communicable diseases	3,346	15.92
	Periodontal disease	425	2.02
	Refraction & accommodation disorders	353	1.68
	Vision loss	290	1.38
	Glaucoma	276	1.31
	Eczema	250	1.19
	Dental caries	242	1.15
	Abscess, impetigo, and other bacterial skin diseases	238	1.13
	Cataracts	234	1.11
	Cellulitis	216	1.03
3	Cardiovascular & circulatory diseases	3,226	15.35
	Ischemic heart disease	1,011	4.81
	Ischemic stroke	954	4.54
	Hemorrhagic & other non-ischemic stroke	366	1.74
	Hypertensive heart disease	361	1.72
4	Musculoskeletal disorders	3,223	15.33
	Low back pain	1,915	9.11
	Osteoarthritis	701	3.34
	Neck pain	283	1.34
5	Neoplasms	2,261	10.76
	Trachea, bronchus & lung cancers	318	1.51
	Stomach cancer	306	1.46
	Liver cancer	288	1.37
	Colon & rectum cancers	273	1.30
6	Chronic respiratory diseases	1,838	8.74
	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1,305	6.21
	Asthma	491	2.34
7	Digestive diseases (except cirrhosis)	1,607	7.64
	Gastritis & duodenitis	441	2.10
	Gastroesophageal reflux disease	413	1.96
8	Cirrhosis of the liver	919	4.37
9	Neurological disorders	894	4.25
	Alzheimer's disease & other dementias	383	1.82
	Epilepsy	214	1.02

DALYs per 100,000 population. Specific causes accounting for more than 1% of total DALYs are included and ranked within each group.