Statistics
In 2004, the World Health Organization calculated that 1.5 billion disability-adjusted life years were lost to disease and injury.
| Disease category | Percent of all YPLLs, worldwide | Percent of all DALYs, worldwide | Percent of all YPLLs, Europe | Percent of all DALYs, Europe | Percent of all YPLLs, US and Canada | Percent of all DALYs, US and Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious and parasitic diseases, especially lower respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria | 37% | 26% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Neuropsychiatric conditions, such as depression | 2% | 13% | 3% | 19% | 5% | 28% |
| Injuries, especially motor vehicle accidents | 14% | 12% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 10% |
| Cardiovascular diseases, principally heart attacks and stroke | 14% | 10% | 35% | 23% | 26% | 14% |
| Premature birth and other perinatal deaths (infant mortality) | 11% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Cancer | 8% | 5% | 19% | 11% | 25% | 13% |
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Famous quotes containing the word statistics:
“We ask for no statistics of the killed,
For nothing political impinges on
This single casualty, or all those gone,
Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed,
Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“and Olaf, too
preponderatingly because
unless statistics lie he was
more brave than me: more blond than you.”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination.”
—Andrew Lang (1844–1912)