Table 8

Ten leading causes of DALYs by age, US 1996
Rank
 All ages
 DALYs
 % of total
 0–4
 DALYs
 % of total

Total
 33,090,212
Total
 2,123,767
1
 Ischaemic heart disease
 3,134,732
 9.5
 Congenital abnomalities
 679,542
 32.0
2
 Cerebrovascular disease
 1,510,287
 4.6
 Perinatal conditions
 492,486
 23.2
3
 Motor vehicle accidents
 1,393,278
 4.2
 Sudden infant death syndrome
 102,255
 4.8
4
 Unipolar major depression
 1,370,285
 4.1
 Asthma
 77,323
 3.6
5
 Lung, trachea or bronchial cancer
 1,362,712
 4.1
 Diarrhoeal diseases
 60,438
 2.8
6
 COPD
 1,253,491
 3.8
 Motor vehicle accidents
 48,630
 2.3
7
 Alcohol use
 1,141,193
 3.4
 Falls
 41,289
 1.9
8
 HIV
 956,418
 2.9
 Homicide and violence
 35,055
 1.7
9
 Diabetes mellitus
 946,291
 2.9
 Lower respiratory infections
 30,640
 1.4
10
 Osteoarthritis
 942,682
 2.8
 Fires
 22,090
 1.0







Rank
 5–14
 DALYs
 % of total
 15–24
 DALYs
 % of total

Total
 1,136,989
Total
 3,884,235
1
 Asthma
 236,494
 20.8
 Motor vehicle accidents
 499,505
 12.9
2
 Motor vehicle accidents
 128,357
 11.3
 Alcohol use
 433,515
 11.2
3
 Unipolar major depression
 61,622
 5.4
 Drug use
 291,844
 7.5
4
 Epilepsy
 42,461
 3.7
 Homicide and violence
 282,746
 7.3
5
 Schizophrenia
 41,254
 3.6
 Schizophrenia
 237,967
 6.1
6
 Falls
 39,886
 3.5
 Bipolar disorder
 221,134
 5.7
7
 Homicide and violence
 28,242
 2.5
 Unipolar major depression
 197,309
 5.1
8
 Fires
 19,514
 1.7
 Panic disorder
 158,379
 4.1
9
 Congenital abnomalities
 17,860
 1.6
 Asthma
 157,997
 4.1
10
 Drowning
 16,472
 1.4
 Self-inflicted
 157,281
 4.0







Rank
 25–44
 DALYs
 % of total
 45–64
 DALYs
 % of total

Total
 8,364,608
Total
 8,478,954
1
 Unipolar major depression
 823,548
 9.8
 Ischaemic heart disease
 1,154,002
 13.6
2
 HIV
 751,598
 9.0
 Lung, trachea or bronchial cancer
 630,224
 7.4
3
 Alcohol use
 549,949
 6.6
 COPD
 504,418
 5.9
4
 Motor vehicle accidents
 523,203
 6.3
 Cerebrovascular Disease
 492,918
 5.8
5
 Self-inflicted
 352,241
 4.2
 Diabetes mellitus
 395,612
 4.7
6
 Homicide and violence
 308,550
 3.7
 Osteoarthritis
 361,774
 4.3
7
 Ischaemic heart disease
 274,704
 3.3
 Breast cancer
 250,963
 3.0
8
 Diabetes mellitus
 238,472
 2.9
 Unipolar major depression
 237,590
 2.8
9
 COPD
 234,552
 2.8
 Cirrhosis of the liver
 208,861
 2.5
10
 Drug use
 222,535
 2.7
 Cancer colon or rectum
 190,453
 2.2







Rank
 65–74
 DALYs
 % of total
 75+
 DALYs
 % of total

Total
 4,710,335
Total
 4,391,323
1
 Ischaemic heart disease
 820,583
 17.4
 Ischaemic heart disease
 876,239
 20.0
2
 Lung, trachea or bronchial cancer
 448,452
 9.5
 Dementias
 469,035
 10.7
3
 Cerebrovascular disease
 373,629
 7.9
 Cerebrovascular disease
 420,278
 48.0
4
 COPD
 282,397
 6.0
 Lung, trachea or bronchial cancer
 200,620
 4.6
5
 Osteoarthritis
 266,685
 5.7
 COPD
 186,379
 4.2
6
 Dementias
 224,484
 4.8
 Osteoarthritis
 161,077
 3.7
7
 Diabetes mellitus
 168,605
 3.6
 Lower respiratory infections
 146,631
 3.3
8
 Cancer colon or rectum
 138,630
 2.9
 Cancer colon or rectum
 106,111
 2.4
9
 Prostate cancer
 97,033
 2.1
 Diabetes mellitus
 106,061
 2.4
10
 Breast cancer
 94,919
 2.0
 Prostate cancer
 81,456
 1.9

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