Year lost due to disability

Disability has heen traditionally associated with mental retardation, extreme mental illness, visual or hearing impairment, physical illness, or injury that affects an individual s mohihty, daily functions, and self-sufficiency. However, according to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability (as measured by years lost due to disability), and the fourth leading contributor to the global burden of disease. 

DALYs (Disability adjusted life years) Healthy life years lost due to disability and mortality. 1 DALY lost = 1 year of healthy life lost, due to premature death/ disability. DALYs combine both mortality and disability. 

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