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Age-standardised DALY rates due to asthma by 21 GBD world regions and the expected value based on the SDI by sex, 1990–2015
The black line represents the expected value of a disease rate based on a LOESS regression of all years of estimates by GBD locations and their SDI value. DALYs=disability-adjusted life years. GBD=Global Burden of Disease. SDI=Socio-demographic Index. LOESS=locally weighted regression and smoothing scatterplots.
