Table 4. Top 5 leading specific causes (level 3 and 4) of DALYs by gender and age group in Korea, 2015.

Age group	Rank	Men	Women
0–9	1	Asthma	Dental caries
	2	Refraction and accommodation disorders	Refraction and accommodation disorders
	3	Viral skin diseases	Asthma
	4	COPD	Viral skin diseases
	5	Dental caries	COPD
10–19	1	Falls	Low back pain
	2	Low back pain	COPD
	3	COPD	Major depressive disorders
	4	Epilepsy	Dental caries
	5	Motorized vehicle with two wheels	Epilepsy
20–29	1	Low back pain	Low back pain
	2	Motorized vehicle with three or more wheels	Abortion
	3	Falls	Infertility
	4	Schizophrenia	Motorized vehicle with three or more wheels
	5	Self-harm	COPD
30–39	1	Diabetes mellitus	Low back pain
	2	Low back pain	Abortion
	3	Cirrhosis of the liver	Infertility
	4	Motorized vehicle with three or more wheels	Diabetes mellitus
	5	Falls	COPD
40–49	1	Diabetes mellitus	Low back pain
	2	Low back pain	Diabetes mellitus
	3	Cirrhosis of the liver	Osteoarthritis
	4	Ischemic heart disease	COPD
	5	Falls	Periodontal disease
50–59	1	Diabetes mellitus	Low back pain
	2	Low back pain	Osteoarthritis
	3	Ischemic heart disease	Diabetes mellitus
	4	Cirrhosis of the liver	COPD
	5	Ischemic stroke	Ischemic stroke
60–69	1	Ischemic heart disease	Osteoarthritis
	2	Diabetes mellitus	Diabetes mellitus
	3	Low back pain	Low back pain
	4	Ischemic stroke	Ischemic stroke
	5	COPD	Ischemic heart disease
70–79	1	Ischemic stroke	Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
	2	Ischemic heart disease	Ischemic stroke
	3	COPD	Ischemic heart disease
	4	Alzheimer's disease and other dementias	Diabetes mellitus
	5	Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers	Osteoarthritis
≥ 80	1	Alzheimer's disease and other dementias	Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
	2	Ischemic stroke	Ischemic stroke
	3	Ischemic heart disease	Ischemic heart disease
	4	COPD	Falls
	5	Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers	COPD

DALY = disability-adjusted life year, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.