Table 4

The burden of diabetes attributable to lower educational levels by sex and age groups in Sweden

Men

Women

Deaths

YLLs

YLDs

DALYs

PAF (%), CIs

Deaths

YLLs

YLDs

DALYs

PAF (%), CIs

Total

(all ages)

163

1671

1428

3099

17.2%,

7.9-26.2

209

1796

1755

3499

20.1%, 7.6%-33.8%

30-44

2

72

153

225

12.0%, 2.1%-21.8%

1

45

126

171

12.2%, 6.0%-19.5%

45-59

14

389

562

951

15.4%, 5.7%-24.9%

6

170

467

637

15.7%, 7.4%-25.5%

60-69

18

311

349

660

18.8%, 9.7%-27.6%

16

329

437

766

21.3%, 8.1%-35.5%

70-79

58

582

238

820

22.5%, 13.1%-31.2%

58

695

454

1149

27.8%, 8.4%-45.5%

80+

120

576

115

691

24.5%, 15.0%-33.3%

231

1066

312

1378

32.6%, 8.1%-52.8%

YLLs = years of life lost, YLDs = years lived with disability, DALYs = disability-adjusted life years, PAFs = population attributable fractions (expressed as percentages)

Data on educational levels are collected from the Swedish population in 2008 using the longitudinal integration database for health insurance and labor market studies (LISA)[19]. Data on diabetes are collected from GBD Study 2002 [20].

Agardh et al. Population Health Metrics 2011 9:60   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-9-60