gbd2015: Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015) Results. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2016. Available from http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool. For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 316 rows and 11 variables:

cause_name

medical cause / disease

cause_id

individual id for each disease

metric_name

class: number, rate or percent

acute_incidence

acute incidence rate

chronic_prevalence

chronic prevalence rate

DALYs

disability adjusted life year - describes the numer of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death

deaths

number of deaths in the population

incidence

number of incident cases in the population

prevalence

prevalence rate

YLDs

years lost due to disability

YLLs

years of life lost due to dying early

Source

http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool


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