Burden of Disease - LGAs/regions 2001 - Ranking of Years Lived with Disability & top 50 causes

Brief description

The Burden of Disease study uses methods developed originally for the Global

Burden of Disease study refined and adapted to the Victorian context. It

provides a comprehensive assessment of the amount of ill health in Victoria,

Australia, measured in Ranking of Years Lived with Disability and top 50

causes arising from most diseases and injuries.



Years Lived with Disability are the morbidity component of the DALY that

captures the burden in a population due to years lived in less than full

health. It represents the years of healthy life lost due to living with

disability; disease or injury; adjusted for severity.  The Burden of Disease

'data' are modelled estimates,  using methods developed originally for the

Global Burden of Disease study but refined and adapted to the Victorian

context.