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. 2021 Sep 3;18(17):9337. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179337

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
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].