Table 9.
The total DALYs attributable to past/current road-traffic noise patterns and assuming a scenario with 3-dB(A) noise reduction in the time before the reference year.
| Past/Current Conditions | Scenario with 3-dB Reduction | DALY Change for Hesse | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Persons with Disease in Hesse (%) | DALYs in Hesse | Number of Persons with Disease in Hesse (%) | DALYs in Hesse 3-dB Reduction Scenario |
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| Cardiovascular Diseases 1 (≥ 40 years of age) | 5970 | 4508 | −1462 (−24%) | ||
| Depressive Disorders (≥40 years of age) | 971 | 735 | −236 (−24%) | ||
| Highly Annoyed | 490,000 (8.04%) | 9800 | 380,499 (6.24%) | 7610 | −2190 (−22%) |
| Highly Sleep Disturbed | 139,427 (2.29%) | 9760 | 100,439 (1.65%) | 7031 | −2729 (−28%) |
| Total | 26,501 | 19,884 | −6617 (−25%) | ||
| DALY per 100,000 2 | 434.9 | 326.3 | |||
1 Hypertensive heart disease and heart failure (ICD-10: I10–I15), ischemic heart disease (I20–I25), and stroke (I60–I69); 2 calculated using population of Hesse in 2015 = 6,093,888 [51].