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Quality of life

Disability adjusted life years

Disease burden is measured in “disability adjusted life years” or DALYs (which account for both the length and quality of life). Lower rates of disease burden (DALYs) indicate improvement in preventing, treating, and curing diseases or reducing known risk factors.

Country comparison:

Trend over time:

U.S. DALYs, by disease category:

U.S. trend over time, by disease category:

U.S. DALYs, by sex:

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