Cause-specific measures of life years lost [PDF]
Background: A new measure of the number of life years lost due to specific causes of death is introduced. Methods: This measure is based on the cumulative incidence of death, it does not require "independence" of causes, and it satisfies simple ...
Per Kragh Andersen +2 more
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Historic Residential Redlining and Present-Day Diabetes Mortality and Years of Life Lost: The Persistence of Structural Racism [PDF]
OBJECTIVE The association between structural racism, as captured by historic residential redlining practices under the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), and present-day diabetes mortality, and years of life lost (YLL), remains unknown.
Sebastian van de Linde +3 more
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Increased burden of cardiovascular disease in people with liver disease: unequal geographical variations, risk factors and excess years of life lost [PDF]
People with liver disease are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), however, there has yet been an investigation of incidence burden, risk, and premature mortality across a wide range of liver conditions and cardiovascular ...
Wai Hoong Chang +4 more
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Background Breast cancer (BC) poses a public health challenge as the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women globally. While BC mortality has declined across Europe in the past three decades, an opposite trend has been reported in some transitional ...
Goran Benčina +8 more
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Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries [PDF]
Understanding the mortality impact of COVID-19 requires not only counting the dead, but analyzing how premature the deaths are. We calculate years of life lost (YLL) across 81 countries due to COVID-19 attributable deaths, and also conduct an analysis ...
Héctor Pifarré i Arolas +6 more
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Life expectancy and years of life lost for adults with diagnosed ADHD in the UK: matched cohort study. [PDF]
Background Nearly 3% of adults have attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), although in the UK, most are undiagnosed. Adults with ADHD on average experience poorer educational and employment outcomes, worse physical and mental health and are
O'Nions E +7 more
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Premature Mortality Attributable to COVID-19: Potential Years of Life Lost in 17 Countries Around the World, January-August 2020 [PDF]
Background Understanding the impact of the burden of COVID-19 is key to successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a larger investigation on COVID-19 mortality impact, this study aims to estimate the Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in ...
Maider Pagola Ugarte +37 more
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Background: Knowing which diseases and causes of death account for most of the years of life lost (YLL) can help to better target appropriate prevention and intervention measures. The YLL in Germany for specific causes of death were estimated as part of the BURDEN 2020 project at the Robert Koch Institute.
Wengler, Annelene +6 more
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Robert M Shavelle1, David R Paculdo1, Scott J Kush1, David M Mannino2, David J Strauss11Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Pulmonary Epidemiology Research Laboratory, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and ...
Robert M Shavelle +4 more
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The burden of ambient air pollution on years of life lost from ischaemic heart disease in Pudong new area, Shanghai. [PDF]
Zhong X +5 more
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