background: cardiovascular diseases are viewed worldwide as one of the main causes of death.this study aims to report the burden of ischemic heart diseases (ihds) in iran by using data of the global burden of disease (gbd) study, 1990-2010. materials and methods: the gbd study 2010 was a systematic eff ort to provide comprehensive data to calculate disability-adjusted life years (dalys) for dis...

Background: Apart from the mortality, road traffic injuries are associated with significant morbidities. This study has aimed to examine the pattern of traffic accident-related extremity fractures/dislocations and their related disabilities. Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted to assess the characteristics of limb fractures/dislocations among road traffic accident victi...

BACKGROUND The health impacts of pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (TB) treatment have not been included in assessments of TB burden. Therefore, previous global and national TB burden estimates do not reflect the full consequences of surviving TB. We assessed the burden of TB including pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis in Tarrant County, Texas using Disability-adjusted Life Years (D...

Objective: Prior epidemiological surveys revealed that Chile experiences a high burden of oral diseases. However, no prior study has reported estimates untreated dental caries, periodontitis, and edentulism over three-decade period for the country. Using Global Burden Diseases Study (GBD) 2019, objective this is to report trends prevalence, incidence, years-lived with disability (YLDs) due in C...

abstract background and purpose:work-related accidents are causing distress and economic losses. this study was conducted to estimate the burden of occupational accidents by the use of disability-adjusted life year (daly) calculation in iranian social security organization (isso), tehran province, between 2008 and 2011 time frame. materials and methods:this descriptive analytical study was cond...

BACKGROUND Smoking is the single most important health threat yet there is no consistency as to whether non-smokers experience a compression of years lived with disability compared to (ex-)smokers. The objectives of the manuscript are (1) to assess the effect of smoking on the average years lived without disability (Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE)) and with disability (Disability Life Ex...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether eliminating smoking will lead to a reduction in the number of years lived with disability (that is, absolute compression of morbidity). DESIGN Multistate life table calculations based on the longitudinal GLOBE study (the Netherlands) combined with the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA, United States of America). SETTING the Netherlands. SUBJECTS Dutch national...