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. 2022 Nov 18;119(46):785–792. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0314

eTable 5. Total burden of disease (DALY per 100 000 population [pop]) of the selected causes of burden of disease with increasing age and according to sex (level 3, Germany).

a) Females
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–94 95 +
Lower respiratory infections 35 29 28 25 23 37 71 126 190 223 392 612 1097 1890 2849 3593
COPD 101 167 308 583 1038 1677 2089 2574 2533 2917 3290 3460 3236
Lung cancer 8 19 73 224 513 887 1716 2344 2591 2547 1786 1309 938 599 330
Breast cancer 3 92 339 615 877 1194 1477 1670 1877 2261 2439 2420 2489 2246 2149 2030
Prostate cancer
Bowel cancer 6 33 53 110 186 311 447 573 751 1000 1284 1513 1836 2188 2368 2036
IHD 37 43 99 172 316 490 765 1307 2048 3127 4813 8412 13 646 19 320 23 749
Stroke 36 62 78 121 179 309 353 501 635 977 1625 2635 4390 6471 8342 8829
Hypertensive heart disease 1 2 4 20 44 84 171 257 507 1009 2168 4245 7200 10 911
Diabetes 34 54 81 126 202 326 492 721 1107 1558 2109 2793 3922 4682 4868 4485
Dementias 16 19 48 107 212 458 1177 2508 5518 9963 14 523 18 509
Depressive disorders 344 417 521 662 847 901 1035 1107 1192 1229 1186 1283 1346 1258 1231 1204
Anxiety disorders 520 618 716 798 879 968 1098 1123 1089 1087 1037 964 895 779 670 571
Alcohol use disorders 546 418 270 143 223 195 379 292 395 170 116 81 49 29 25 7
Low back pain 1371 1676 1618 1728 1720 2574 2444 2196 2333 2850 3067 2740 1924 1893 1764 1649
Headache disorders 2075 2646 2580 2025 1932 1961 1517 1316 982 612 455 355 289 266 265 226
Neck pain 483 544 899 801 887 1156 1135 994 930 1171 967 1 064 859 722 597 473
Road injuries 415 204 157 112 94 130 150 148 118 103 137 128 129 91 43 18
b) Males
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–94 95 +
Lower respiratory infections 24 17 33 46 43 97 136 206 343 508 796 1117 1922 3115 4594 6186
COPD 97 192 363 730 1360 2198 3104 3974 4201 4750 5562 5976 5181
Lung cancer 2 19 113 276 662 1412 2840 4182 4993 5365 4556 3704 2942 2145 1131
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer 1 17 143 355 862 1486 2386 3462 4191 5379 5782 5409
Bowel cancer 2 15 124 114 207 359 629 1012 1487 1958 2330 2538 2804 2995 3103 2608
IHD 49 140 345 794 1381 2194 3515 4964 6575 8014 10 559 15 125 21 257 26 700 30 304
Stroke 26 19 65 125 177 345 506 816 1249 1853 2702 3718 5297 6934 8156 8163
Hypertensive heart disease 1 2 5 46 58 107 168 322 494 692 1087 1969 3329 5124 6613
Diabetes 31 49 88 133 299 500 841 1242 1919 2568 3157 3732 4595 4998 4870 4221
Dementias 17 22 51 110 289 590 1382 2817 5564 9564 12 776 14 649
Depressive disorders 161 197 243 315 393 417 494 555 585 563 550 571 593 586 594 594
Anxiety disorders 295 328 382 409 465 507 537 567 560 520 481 452 431 423 409 379
Alcohol use disorders 1334 1038 1068 897 940 1036 1106 1090 961 640 369 261 197 83 26 2
Low back pain 1421 1673 1650 1788 1788 2322 2195 1970 2095 2421 2629 2287 1549 1541 1468 1439
Headache disorders 1181 1338 1531 1116 1138 1079 882 673 689 504 391 321 292 288 298 256
Neck pain 222 261 301 255 295 676 657 546 500 633 497 558 433 409 350 296
Road injuries 855 638 467 401 340 347 343 300 255 214 185 208 187 177 95 44
Legende <1340 1340 <3900 3900 <9000 9000 <17 000 ≥17 000

Source: BURDEN 2020; YLL: Cause of death statistics 2017 (31), Federal Statistical Office of Germany 2018 (32); YLD: eTable 3; own calculations; due to data limitations, a comparison of the causes of burden of disease is only presented from the age group of 20 year-olds onwards (etable 3); both grouping and the resulting color scheme were created using the natural breaks method (33); COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DALY, disability-adjusted life years; IHD, ischemic heart disease