DALY/GBD

Question 1

DALY =

Answer 1

YLL + YLD

Question 2

Data points required to calculate YLL

Answer 2

• Number of deaths from the disease in a year
• Years lost per death relative to an ‘ideal’ age

Question 3

Data points required to calculate YLD

Answer 3

 Number of cases with non-fatal outcome with the disease
 Average duration of non-fatal outcome until recovery/ death
 Disability weight (e.g. lung cancer - 0.29)

Question 4

Epidemiologic transition:

Answer 4

Characteristic shift in common causes of death and disability from perinatal and communicable (infectious) diseases to non-communicable (chronic) diseases

Question 5

Risk transition (SES of country):

Answer 5

Changes in risk factor profiles as countries shift from low to higher income, where common risks for perinatal and communicable diseases are replaced by risks for non-communicable diseases

Question 6

Industrial epidemic

Answer 6

Diseases arising from over-consumption of unhealthy commercial products