Global Burden of Disease

Question 1

What does GBD tell us?

Answer 1

How much disease there is

Question 2

What does CRA tell us?

Answer 2

How much disease would be eliminates if we took away the risk

Question 3

What is a risk factor?

Answer 3

Behaviors or activities that lead to ill health, disease and injury

Question 4

Risk factor vs. cause of ill health

Answer 4

risk factor: more behaviors/activities that you can choose to stop doing (ex: smoking)
cause of ill health: diseases like lung cancer

Question 5

What are the components of a DALY?

Answer 5

DALY = YYL + YLD
(years of life lost due to premature mortality - years lived with disability)
1 DALY = one lost year of “healthy life”

Question 6

What does a DALY tell us?

Answer 6

combined metric of morbidity & mortality (combines # of deaths from disease & impact of living w disease)

Question 7

How is a DALY different from just looking at mortality?

Answer 7

Considers the morbidity (impact of living w the disease)