Table 5.
Mapping of number of reviews addressing top 50 causes of global years of life lost in 2013 [16] and the top 25 global risk factors for disability adjusted life years (both sexes combined) [15], according to the 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study
| Rank | Top 50 causes of global years of life lost (YLLS) in 2013 | Number of nutrition reviews (total: n = 196) | Rank | Top 25 global risk factors for disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2013 | Number of nutrition reviews (total: n = 176) |
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| 7 | Preterm birth | 42 | 4 | Childhood undernutrition | 48 |
| 17 | Diabetes | 26 | 3 | High body mass index | 27 |
| 1 | Ischaemic heart disease | 14 | 24 | Low omega-3 | 24 |
| 26 | Maternal disorders | 11 | 19 | Suboptimal breastfeeding | 18 |
| 32 | Asthma | 11 | 18 | Iron deficiency | 15 |
| - | (unspecified cancer – not ranked) | 10 | 1 | High blood pressure | 15 |
| 4 | Diarrhoeal diseases | 10 | 11 | High sodium | 8 |
| 6 | HIV/AIDS | 9 | 13 | High total cholesterol | 6 |
| 19 | Chronic kidney disease | 8 | 6 | Alcohol use | 3 |
| 2 | Lower respiratory infections | 7 | 5 | High fasting plasma glucose | 3 |
| 33 | other cardiovascular | 7 | 10 | Low fruit | 2 |
| 45 | Iron deficiency anaemia | 6 | 15 | Low whole grains | 2 |
| 18 | Protein-energy malnutrition | 6 | 15 | Low vegetables | 2 |
| 24 | Hypertensive heart disease | 4 | 8 | Unsafe water | 1 |
| 27 | Colorectal cancer | 4 | 17 | Low physical activity | 1 |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular disease | 3 | 25 | Low fibre | 1 |
| 34 | Fire and heat | 3 | No nutrition reviews for [Rank]: [2] Smoking, [7] Household air pollution, [9] Unsafe sex, [12] Ambient particulate matter, [14] Low glomerular filtration rate, [16] unsafe sanitation, [21] handwashing, [22] drug use, [23] low nuts and seeds |
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| 43 | Measles | 3 | |||
| 47 | Brain cancer | 2 | |||
| 49 | Endocrine, metabolic, blood & immune disorder | 2 | |||
| 8 | Malaria | 1 | |||
| 10 | Congenital anomalies | 1 | |||
| 11 | Tuberculosis | 1 | |||
| 12 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 | |||
| 16 | Neonatal sepsis | 1 | |||
| 25 | Stomach cancer | 1 | |||
| 36 | Sickle cell | 1 | |||
| 39 | Leukaemia | 1 | |||
| No nutrition reviews for [Rank]: [5] Road injuries, [9] Neonatal encephalopathy, [13] Cirrhosis, [14] Self harm, [15] Lung cancer, [20] Drowning, [21] Liver cancer, [22] Interpersonal violence, [23] Meningitis, [28] Falls, [29] Alzeimer’s, [30] Breast cancer, [31] cardiomyopathy, [35] syphilis, [37] typhoid fever, [38] oesophageal cancer, [40] interstitial lung disease, [41] rheumatic heart disease, [42] peptic ulcer disease, [44] pancreatic cancer, [46] cervical cancer, [48] pulmonary aspiration, [50] lymphoma |
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