Table 10

Ten leading causes of DALYs by race, US 1996

Whites
 DALYs
 % total
American Indians
 DALYs
 % total
Rank
 Total
 26,510,011
Rank
 Total
 294,474
1
 Ischaemic heart disease
 2,710,918
 10.2%
 1
 Alcohol use
 46,419
 15.8%
2
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 1,201,246
 4.5%
 2
 Motor vehicle accidents
 23,112
 7.8%
3
 Lung trachea or bronchial cancer
 1,170,492
 4.4%
 3
 Ischaemic heart disease
 14,598
 5.0%
4
 Motor vehicle accidents
 1,148,293
 4.3%
 4
 Unipolar major depression
 11,815
 4.0%
5
 Unipolar major depression
 1,127,045
 4.3%
 5
 Cirrhosis of the liver
 9,293
 3.2%
6
 COPD
 1,111,489
 4.2%
 6
 Diabetes mellitus
 9,070
 3.1%
7
 Alcohol use
 857,509
 3.2%
 7
 Self-inflicted
 8,336
 2.8%
8
 Osteoarthritis
 820,284
 3.1%
 8
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 8,241
 2.8%
9
 Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders
 791,780
 3.0%
 9
 Homicide and Violence
 7,754
 2.6%
10
 Diabetes mellitus
 727,575
 2.7%
 10
 Congenital Abnormalities
 7,489
 2.5%

Sub-total
 11,666,630
 44.0%
sub-total
 146,128
 49.6%









Blacks
 DALYs
 % total
Asians
 DALYs
 % total
Rank
 Total
 5,552,448
Rank
 Total
 733,279
1
 HIV/AIDS
 429,383
 7.7%
 1
 Unipolar major depression
 54,264
 7.4%
2
 Ischaemic heart disease
 370,170
 6.7%
 2
 Ischaemic heart disease
 39,046
 5.3%
3
 Homicide and Violence
 336,215
 6.1%
 3
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 33,883
 4.6%
4
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 266,918
 4.8%
 4
 COPD
 29,040
 4.0%
5
 Alcohol use
 230,780
 4.2%
 5
 Osteoarthritis
 29,027
 4.0%
6
 Motor vehicle accidents
 193,159
 3.5%
 6
 Motor vehicle accidents
 28,714
 3.9%
7
 Diabetes mellitus
 189,656
 3.4%
 7
 Congenital Abnormalities
 28,238
 3.9%
8
 Unipolar major depression
 177,162
 3.2%
 8
 Asthma
 26,137
 3.6%
9
 Conditions arising during the perinatal period
 174,558
 3.1%
 9
 Diabetes mellitus
 19,989
 2.7%
10
 Lung trachea or bronchial cancer
 172,425
 3.1%
 10
 Dementia and other degenerative and hereditary CNS disorders
 17,831
 2.4%

sub-total
 2,540,426
 45.8%
sub-total
 306,170
 41.8%

Michaud et al. Population Health Metrics 2006 4:11   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-11