Table 1.
Comparison of contribution of common diseases to disability adjusted life years.
| Poor Regions, 1990 |
Rich Regions, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y): | 0–5 | 5–14 | 15–49 | 0–5 | 5–14 | 15–49 |
| Disease | ||||||
| Asthma | 0.33% | 1.36% | 1.67% | 1.77% | 4.82% | 1.10% |
| Psoriasis | 0.00% | 0.09% | 0.12% | 0.28% | 1.64% | 0.95% |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.16% | 0.28% |
| Multiple sclerosis | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.23% |
| Depression | 0.00% | 0.43% | 1.89% | 0.00% | 3.40% | 4.94% |
Autoimmune diseases and depression have tended to become much more common in developed regions. Percentages indicate the contribution of each disease to all disability adjusted life years lost within each age range and region (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2017. Available fromhttp://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare.)