Table 2.
The DALYs due to cardiovascular diseases and depressive disorders attributable to all risks in Germany and Hesse (people age ≥ 40 years) used for the various analyses. The shaded rows were used for the calculation of DALYs attributable to road-traffic noise.
| Population | Exposure | Outcome 1 | Time | Burden of Disease (DALY) Source: WHO [46] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Analysis (and Sensitivity Analysis 3 and additional analysis) | ||||
| All Germans | none | CVD | 2015 | 3,963,058 |
| Germans aged ≥ 40 years | none | CVD | 2015 | 3,859,243 |
| Hessians aged ≥ 40 years | none | CVD | 2015 | 287,321 |
| All Germans | none | Depressive disorders | 2015 | 586,898 |
| Germans aged ≥ 40 years | none | Depressive disorders | 2015 | 370,764 |
| Hessians aged ≥ 40 years | none | Depressive disorders | 2015 | 27,603 |
| Sensitivity Analysis 1a | ||||
| All Germans | none | IHD | 2015 | 2,577,937 |
| Germans Aged ≥ 40 years | none | IHD | 2015 | 2,513,610 |
| Hessians Aged ≥ 40 years | none | IHD | 2015 | 187,138 |
| Sensitivity Analysis 1b | ||||
| All Germans | none | Stroke | 2015 | 1,001,054 |
| Germans Aged ≥ 40 years | none | Stroke | 2015 | 964,478.5 |
| Hessians Aged ≥ 40 years 1 | none | Stroke | 2015 | 71,805 |
1 NORAH study on health risks defined cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as ICD-10: I10–I15, I21, I60–I69, and WHO DALYs are for hypertensive heart disease and heart failure (ICD-10: I10–I15), ischemic heart disease (I20–I25), and stroke (I60–I69); IHD: Ischemic Heart Disease.