OBJECTIVE: To assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries. METHODS: Epidemiological data (hospital discharge registers, emergency department registers, mortality databases) were obtained for Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom (England and Wales). For each country, the @entity130 was estimated in years lost due to premature mortality (YLL), years lived with disability (YLD), and DALYs (per 1000 @entity1 ). FINDINGS: We observed marked differences in the @entity130 between countries. Austria lost the largest number of DALYs (25 per 1000 @entity1 ), followed by Denmark, Norway and Ireland (17-20 per 1000 @entity1 ). In the Netherlands and United Kingdom, the total burden due to injuries was relatively low (12 per 1000 @entity1 ). The variation between countries was attributable to a high variation in premature mortality (YLL varied from 9-17 per 1000 @entity1 ) and disability (YLD varied from 2-8 per 1000 @entity1 ). In all countries, males aged 25-44 years represented one third of the total injury burden, mainly due to traffic and intentional injuries. @entity131 resulted in the highest burden due to @entity2319 . CONCLUSION: The @entity130 varies considerably among the six participating European countries, but males aged 15-24 years are responsible for a disproportionate share of the assessed @entity130 in all countries. Consistent injury control policy is supported by high-quality summary measures of population health. There is an urgent need for standardized data on the incidence and functional consequences of injury.

Assessing the XXXX in six European countries.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['persons'] @entity131 :: ('MESH:D001930', 'Disease') :: ['Spinal cord injury and skull-brain injury'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['burden of injury'] @entity2319 :: ('MESH:D003638', 'Disease') :: ['permanent disability']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['burden of injury']
