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. 2017 Aug 3;63(Suppl 1):187–198. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-0987-0

Table 1.

Age-standardized death rates, YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs for transport injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region by country, in 2015

Country Age standardized death rates (per 100,000) Age-standardized YLL rate 2015 (per 100,000) Age-standardized YLD rate 2015 (per 100,000) Age-standardized
DALY rate 2015
(per 100,000)
YLL/YLD ratio
1990 2015 % Change 1990 2015

Eastern

 Mediterranean

Region

29.5 (26.4–32.5) 27.8 (25.1–30.5) −5.8 1187.5 (1072.8–1308.1) 61.4 (43.2–82.8) 1248.9 (1131–1375.1) 20.59 19.34
Afghanistan 70.8 (50.9–91.6) 66.2 (48.7–87.9) −6.5 3090.3 (2324.6–4115.3) 61.4 (43.9–81.6) 3151.7 (2378–4188.6) 58.71 50.36
Bahrain 28.5 (24.9–33.1) 14 (11.5–17.2) −50.9 550.5 (449.6–682.7) 68.8 (47.3–94.3) 619.3 (515.8–757.3) 10.48 8.00
Djibouti 27 (16.6–42.6) 25.8 (12.9–48.4) −4.6 976.1 (490.6–1906.3) 42.7 (30.5–57.2) 1018.8 (530.8–1949.4) 24.83 22.86
Egypt 14.3 (13.1–16.6) 16.1 (14.9–17.5) 12.4 693.7 (634.4–755.7) 45.5 (31.9–61.8) 739.1 (678.2–800.6) 12.01 15.26
Iran 53.7 (45–64.3) 46 (36.7–57.3) −14.5 1884.9 (1488.9–2375.3) 96.9 (67.4–132.5) 1981.8 (1588.3–2478.4) 24.23 19.45
Iraq 29.2 (23.2–37.3) 24.1 (18–31.7) −17.5 1068.4 (791.3–1418.2) 65 (46.3–87.6) 1133.4 (856.4–1486.9) 18.56 16.43
Jordan 29.5 (23.3–35.8) 16.3 (14.2–18.7) −44.7 772.6 (667.3–883.6) 54.3 (37.9–74.6) 826.9 (718.9–940.6) 14.64 14.22
Kuwait 23.1 (21.6–24.8) 16.1 (13.7–19.3) −30.4 620.5 (529.2–744.2) 82.7 (57–113.2) 703.1 (602.2–828.2) 8.03 7.50
Lebanon 17.1 (13.6–21.6) 8.5 (5.7–12.7) −50.4 372.1 (248.8–564) 57.7 (40.1–78.9) 429.7 (306.3–620.3) 9.89 6.45
Libya 28.3 (23.2–33.8) 38.8 (28.8–48.6) 37.0 1724.6 (1275.5–2169.5) 75.4 (52–103.1) 1800.1 (1347.9–2247.5) 13.16 22.87
Morocco 29.9 (24.5–35.6) 21.1 (16–28) −29.3 901.3 (682.2–1194.6) 65.8 (47–88.3) 967.1 (745.4–1261.2) 18.10 13.70
Oman 70.9 (51.4–91.7) 46 (37.7–56) −35.0 1851.1 (1537.6–2256.4) 116.2 (80.3–159) 1967.4 (1641.1–2371.3) 22.73 15.93
Pakistan 16.2 (12.8–21.4) 18.6 (13.4–25) 14.8 718.5 (525.4–959.3) 36.1 (25.9–48.1) 754.6 (563–1003.5) 18.48 19.89
Palestine 17.1 (13.4–21.7) 13.7 (10.7–17.5) −19.6 675.8 (521.5–871.5) 44.2 (30.4–60.6) 720 (565.3–917.4) 15.36 15.29
Qatar 53.6 (45.7–62) 33.5 (25.1–42.9) −37.5 1335 (1024.1–1693.9) 120.3 (82.4–164.5) 1455.3 (1136.6–1808.1) 11.54 11.09
Saudi Arabia 40.5 (33.5–46.3) 27.9 (24–31.7) −31.1 1125.1 (987–1269.2) 85.7 (58.9–117.6) 1210.7 (1061.2–1355.5) 15.24 13.13
Somalia 31.1 (10.6–66.1) 29.3 (10.1–66) −5.9 1111.3 (401.5–2630.2) 29.8 (21.5–39.8) 1141 (429.8–2657.2) 40.08 37.31
Sudan 45.6 (31–68.2) 40.2 (27.1–58.6) −11.9 1957.7 (1298.2–2886.1) 84.6 (60.2–113.5) 2042.4 (1384.1–2978.8) 32.74 23.13
Syria 23.5 (18.4–28) 16.3 (13.1–18.8) −30.7 640.6 (529.8–741.2) 50.6 (35.3–68.8) 691.2 (576–791.7) 11.97 12.67
Tunisia 30.5 (26–35.5) 19.8 (15.7 to 24.7) −35.0 756.3 (604.9–956) 61.3 (42.3–84.3) 817.7 (665.2–1021.6) 15.48 12.33
United Arab Emirates 61.3 (43.3–78.7) 43.1 (31.5 to 55.4) −29.7 1533 (1114.5–1976.1) 119.4 (82.1–163.2) 1652.4 (1233–2087.7) 12.32 12.84
Yemen 46.6 (25.2–74.1) 42 (24.4–68.7) −10.0 1945.3 (1166.7–3104.7) 76 (54.7–101.5) 2021.3 (1245.1–3175.3) 33.17 25.59

DALY disability-adjusted life-years, YLD years lived with disability, YLL years of life lost. (Global Burden of Disease Study 2015, Eastern Mediterranean Countries, 1990–2015)