The global burden of disease
Subtitle: 2004 update.
Contributors: Mathers, Colin.; Fat, Doris Ma.; Boerma, J. T.; World Health Organization.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9789241563710
Subjects: World health -- Statistics; Cost of Illness; World Health -- statistics; Mortality -- trends
Genres: Statistics; statistics
Description: This publication provides a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population in 2004. It provides a framework for integrating the available information on mortality and health in populations to assess the comparative importance of diseases and injuries in causing premature death, loss of health and disability in all regions of the world. This report draws upon the databases of the World Health Organization and information provided by member states to provide detailed estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for 135 causes by age and sex for the world as a whole, for regions of the world, and for countries grouped by average income per capita.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "The 2004 update of the Global burden of disease was primarily carried out by Colin Mathers and Doris Ma Fat., in collaboration with other WHO staff, Who technical programmes and UNAIDS. The report was written by Colin Mathers, Ties Boerma and Doris Ma Fat"--P. ii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Causes of death; title: Disease incidence, prevalence and disability; title: Burden of disease : DALYs.