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Investigating years of life lost in Belgium, 2004-2019: A comprehensive analysis using a probabilistic redistribution approach
majority was redistributed using predefined ICD codes (14-15%), followed by the redistribution using multiple causes of death data (10-12%). The total number of SEYLL decreased from 1.83 to 1.73 million per ...
The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018
the national health insurance data (intermutualistic agency [IMA] database) 2013-2017. RESULTS: In 2018, 2.5 million Belgians were affected by at least one MSK disorder. OST represented the disorder ...
The global burden of neglected zoonotic diseases: Current state of evidence
retrieved. By summing the available global estimates, the selected NZD s caused at least 21 million DALY s per year, a similar order of magnitude to (but less than) the burden due to foodborne disease ...
Assessing the burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burundi, 2020
calculate the 95% uncertainty interval (UI) for each parameter and perform sensitivity analyses. Results. In Burundi, 4.26 million USD (95% UI, 1,858,308–8,190,951) were estimated as economic impact due to T. ...
Human health and economic impact of neurocysticercosis in Uganda
than USD 75 million (8000 per incident case). Non-fatal health outcomes were the largest contributors to the overall health impact, while productivity losses dominated the NCC cost of illness. ...
Estimates of the 2015 global and regional disease burden from four foodborne metals- arsenic, cadmium, lead and methylmercury
and cadmium resulted in more than 1 million illnesses, over 56,000 deaths, and more than 9 million disability-adjusted life years (DALY s) worldwide. The greatest impact on DALY s was in the Western ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
global average IQ decrement attributable to dietary lead was 1.1. The total number of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY s) arising from those IQ decrements were estimated to be 5.2 million DALY s, with ...
Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
cancer and non-cancer diseases. It is now evident that arsenic contamination in food, especially rice and grains, presents a significant exposure to hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. However, ...
The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010-2014
year (107 DALY per 100 000 persons). The economic burden was estimated to represent direct costs of €112 million, indirect costs of €927 million (90% of the total costs) and an average total cost of €103 ...
High Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Asymptomatic Individuals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with 14 million cases reported by the WHO Malaria Report in 2014. Asymptomatic malaria cases are known to be prevalent in endemic areas and are generally untreated, resulting ...