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DALY rates from communicable, neonatal, maternal & nutritional diseases

Age-standardized DALY (Disability-Adjusted Life Year) rates per 100,000 individuals from communicable diseases. DALYs are used to measure total burden ofdisease - both from years of life lost and years lived with a disability. One DALY equals one lost year of healthy life.

Age-standardized DALYs from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases per 100,000 people DALYs per 100,000
Country/area
1990
2021
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan36,550.520,368.9-16,181.6-44%
Albania7,598.25,371.2-2,227.0-29%
Algeria9,445.57,201.0-2,244.6-24%
American Samoa5,591.94,287.1-1,304.8-23%
Andorra1,290.51,664.5+374.0+29%
Angola59,066.028,540.4-30,525.6-52%
Antigua and Barbuda4,264.85,535.5+1,270.7+30%
Argentina5,200.25,674.8+474.6+9%
Armenia7,598.35,598.1-2,000.2-26%
Australia1,511.6934.8-576.8-38%
Austria1,524.02,000.3+476.3+31%
Azerbaijan15,311.410,607.4-4,704.0-31%
Bahamas6,334.39,440.4+3,106.2+49%
Bahrain4,513.35,727.4+1,214.1+27%
Bangladesh35,037.810,558.0-24,479.8-70%
Barbados4,913.94,776.1-137.8-3%
Belarus3,010.06,171.2+3,161.2+105%
Belgium1,647.01,819.5+172.5+10%
Belize9,191.47,808.8-1,382.6-15%
Benin47,843.027,443.7-20,399.4-43%
Bermuda3,180.33,628.5+448.2+14%
Bhutan36,007.08,843.4-27,163.6-75%
Bolivia24,250.017,436.6-6,813.3-28%
Bosnia and Herzegovina4,070.15,437.8+1,367.8+34%
Botswana28,825.236,471.7+7,646.5+27%
Brazil11,606.18,354.7-3,251.4-28%
Brunei3,322.62,852.0-470.6-14%
Bulgaria3,922.37,933.8+4,011.5+102%
Burkina Faso63,986.333,010.4-30,975.8-48%
Burundi62,761.827,945.3-34,816.5-55%
Cambodia34,644.611,335.6-23,308.9-67%
Cameroon40,239.030,012.6-10,226.4-25%
Canada1,624.11,914.8+290.8+18%
Cape Verde17,218.37,424.8-9,793.5-57%
Central African Republic65,982.952,091.6-13,891.3-21%
Chad58,276.437,022.4-21,254.0-36%
Chile4,285.24,173.8-111.4-3%
China9,144.31,631.4-7,512.9-82%
Colombia7,226.86,234.2-992.7-14%
Comoros37,022.317,995.2-19,027.1-51%
Congo40,408.624,996.2-15,412.4-38%
Cook Islands8,206.72,605.7-5,601.1-68%
Costa Rica3,626.74,598.2+971.5+27%
Cote d'Ivoire49,903.427,556.5-22,346.9-45%
Croatia2,595.93,396.5+800.6+31%
Cuba3,548.07,200.4+3,652.4+103%
Cyprus2,684.11,486.5-1,197.6-45%
Czechia2,496.44,070.9+1,574.5+63%
Democratic Republic of Congo50,969.327,384.0-23,585.4-46%
Denmark1,678.51,426.7-251.8-15%
Djibouti30,957.322,178.7-8,778.7-28%
Dominica5,402.98,884.0+3,481.0+64%
Dominican Republic13,204.97,172.5-6,032.3-46%
East Timor36,029.812,822.0-23,207.7-64%
Ecuador10,142.17,388.0-2,754.1-27%
Egypt15,178.48,031.8-7,146.5-47%
El Salvador10,718.15,664.4-5,053.6-47%
Equatorial Guinea53,621.928,672.6-24,949.3-47%
Eritrea55,251.224,727.8-30,523.4-55%
Estonia3,094.53,417.3+322.8+10%
Eswatini26,225.652,149.3+25,923.8+99%
Ethiopia66,187.623,463.9-42,723.6-65%
Fiji8,462.79,613.9+1,151.2+14%
Finland1,624.9959.6-665.3-41%
France1,760.41,984.0+223.6+13%
Gabon28,614.121,257.2-7,356.9-26%
Gambia39,085.424,733.7-14,351.6-37%
Georgia8,478.57,403.8-1,074.7-13%
Germany1,580.81,874.5+293.7+19%
Ghana37,274.121,893.9-15,380.2-41%
Greece1,655.72,409.0+753.3+45%
Greenland5,809.52,880.2-2,929.2-50%
Grenada6,213.08,964.2+2,751.2+44%
Guam3,895.55,136.2+1,240.7+32%
Guatemala25,989.711,874.2-14,115.6-54%
Guinea60,055.032,108.1-27,946.9-47%
Guinea-Bissau59,868.432,026.0-27,842.4-47%
Guyana16,077.314,516.3-1,561.0-10%
Haiti35,782.320,945.9-14,836.4-41%
Honduras12,362.810,185.6-2,177.2-18%
Hungary3,330.45,132.1+1,801.6+54%
Iceland1,532.2845.7-686.5-45%
India32,755.314,611.6-18,143.7-55%
Indonesia23,935.89,955.7-13,980.1-58%
Iran9,186.06,865.0-2,321.0-25%
Iraq10,682.67,961.1-2,721.5-25%
Ireland1,949.31,844.1-105.2-5%
Israel1,889.81,730.1-159.7-8%
Italy1,837.91,744.6-93.3-5%
Jamaica6,553.46,704.8+151.4+2%
Japan1,581.0908.2-672.7-43%
Jordan5,981.36,459.9+478.6+8%
Kazakhstan7,502.38,282.5+780.2+10%
Kenya35,325.325,533.6-9,791.7-28%
Kiribati28,097.214,036.6-14,060.5-50%
Kuwait2,897.63,241.2+343.7+12%
Kyrgyzstan11,744.36,598.5-5,145.8-44%
Laos44,219.611,362.8-32,856.9-74%
Latvia2,981.05,223.2+2,242.2+75%
Lebanon6,507.37,368.8+861.6+13%
Lesotho32,461.768,741.7+36,280.0+112%
Liberia65,811.729,002.0-36,809.7-56%
Libya6,199.06,798.2+599.2+10%
Lithuania2,604.74,579.1+1,974.4+76%
Luxembourg1,572.71,621.7+49.0+3%
Madagascar42,778.925,193.9-17,585.0-41%
Malawi69,797.036,250.4-33,546.6-48%
Malaysia6,658.56,981.4+322.9+5%
Maldives17,334.64,986.4-12,348.2-71%
Mali65,338.036,080.9-29,257.1-45%
Malta2,008.91,742.3-266.6-13%
Marshall Islands14,698.19,227.1-5,471.0-37%
Mauritania31,019.713,733.4-17,286.3-56%
Mauritius5,985.45,241.5-743.9-12%
Mexico10,001.79,022.5-979.2-10%
Micronesia (country)12,618.16,037.2-6,581.0-52%
Moldova5,392.45,942.0+549.6+10%
Monaco1,456.72,343.1+886.5+61%
Mongolia16,967.46,762.9-10,204.5-60%
Montenegro3,196.76,632.3+3,435.6+107%
Morocco15,684.56,390.2-9,294.3-59%
Mozambique63,913.343,096.4-20,816.9-33%
Myanmar35,201.310,956.0-24,245.4-69%
Namibia27,126.031,711.1+4,585.1+17%
Nauru11,238.37,861.7-3,376.6-30%
Nepal39,407.614,032.0-25,375.6-64%
Netherlands1,620.31,885.2+264.8+16%
New Zealand1,739.2949.2-790.0-45%
Nicaragua12,100.69,585.4-2,515.2-21%
Niger77,444.931,014.7-46,430.2-60%
Nigeria55,434.530,930.8-24,503.7-44%
Niue6,809.69,170.1+2,360.6+35%
North Korea7,972.53,532.0-4,440.5-56%
North Macedonia6,704.48,147.0+1,442.6+22%
Northern Mariana Islands4,345.14,613.5+268.4+6%
Norway1,855.81,092.8-762.9-41%
Oman7,070.57,387.6+317.0+4%
Pakistan30,452.219,757.1-10,695.1-35%
Palau8,622.85,292.8-3,330.0-39%
Palestine7,396.65,945.4-1,451.2-20%
Panama5,934.85,201.8-733.0-12%
Papua New Guinea25,347.717,931.0-7,416.7-29%
Paraguay7,565.29,466.8+1,901.6+25%
Peru15,378.912,092.7-3,286.3-21%
Philippines14,672.412,505.8-2,166.6-15%
Poland3,145.04,054.2+909.2+29%
Portugal2,666.02,142.7-523.3-20%
Puerto Rico5,129.12,569.0-2,560.0-50%
Qatar3,909.12,916.6-992.6-25%
Romania6,016.05,610.4-405.6-7%
Russia3,962.67,665.6+3,702.9+93%
Rwanda51,996.920,401.7-31,595.2-61%
Saint Kitts and Nevis8,346.37,496.8-849.5-10%
Saint Lucia6,410.97,514.5+1,103.6+17%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7,953.66,280.3-1,673.3-21%
Samoa8,360.74,741.5-3,619.2-43%
San Marino1,587.81,839.1+251.3+16%
Sao Tome and Principe27,626.09,443.9-18,182.1-66%
Saudi Arabia8,979.33,272.1-5,707.2-64%
Senegal39,510.919,410.4-20,100.5-51%
Serbia4,924.24,084.4-839.8-17%
Seychelles6,726.27,411.1+685.0+10%
Sierra Leone63,971.933,721.3-30,250.6-47%
Singapore2,830.11,481.1-1,349.0-48%
Slovakia3,578.95,421.1+1,842.2+51%
Slovenia2,224.52,519.6+295.1+13%
Solomon Islands21,384.210,261.5-11,122.7-52%
Somalia65,004.148,505.3-16,498.8-25%
South Africa22,520.829,361.8+6,841.0+30%
South Korea3,138.71,201.6-1,937.0-62%
South Sudan59,108.044,446.4-14,661.6-25%
Spain1,983.21,764.6-218.6-11%
Sri Lanka7,362.74,233.0-3,129.7-43%
Sudan28,738.412,186.6-16,551.8-58%
Suriname11,868.410,382.2-1,486.3-13%
Sweden1,345.11,374.8+29.7+2%
Switzerland1,575.31,420.7-154.6-10%
Syria8,417.75,170.6-3,247.1-39%
Taiwan2,511.81,529.4-982.4-39%
Tajikistan16,899.012,970.5-3,928.4-23%
Tanzania51,030.125,693.4-25,336.7-50%
Thailand9,516.34,775.0-4,741.2-50%
Togo41,401.525,209.0-16,192.4-39%
Tokelau8,599.411,311.9+2,712.5+32%
Tonga7,680.94,486.8-3,194.1-42%
Trinidad and Tobago6,864.97,774.7+909.8+13%
Tunisia8,160.17,316.5-843.6-10%
Turkey11,540.15,235.0-6,305.1-55%
Turkmenistan14,076.99,515.6-4,561.3-32%
Tuvalu20,949.56,633.6-14,315.9-68%
Uganda73,850.130,842.0-43,008.1-58%
Ukraine3,395.46,046.2+2,650.8+78%
United Arab Emirates4,541.43,478.1-1,063.4-23%
United Kingdom1,942.32,829.9+887.6+46%
United States2,476.73,789.9+1,313.2+53%
United States Virgin Islands4,450.53,723.0-727.5-16%
Uruguay3,789.14,149.0+360.0+10%
Uzbekistan11,040.66,103.2-4,937.4-45%
Vanuatu14,666.89,272.0-5,394.8-37%
Venezuela7,614.59,407.1+1,792.7+24%
Vietnam12,418.34,695.8-7,722.5-62%
Yemen28,975.314,370.1-14,605.2-50%
Zambia59,005.635,956.7-23,049.0-39%
Zimbabwe33,814.244,988.9+11,174.7+33%
Other
African Region (WHO)50,138.028,876.9-21,261.1-42%
Americas (WHO)7,977.66,667.6-1,310.0-16%
East Asia & Pacific (WB)11,370.83,882.8-7,488.0-66%
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO)20,855.813,542.5-7,313.3-35%
Europe & Central Asia (WB)4,963.84,536.6-427.2-9%
European Region (WHO)4,943.34,510.8-432.5-9%
High-income countries2,543.22,625.6+82.4+3%
Latin America & Caribbean (WB)10,716.28,637.8-2,078.4-19%
Low-income countries48,058.324,583.6-23,474.7-49%
Lower-middle-income countries30,465.516,062.8-14,402.7-47%
Middle East & North Africa (WB)12,067.77,332.2-4,735.5-39%
North America (WB)2,395.23,596.0+1,200.8+50%
South Asia (WB)32,709.314,999.6-17,709.7-54%
South-East Asia (WHO)30,508.512,897.0-17,611.5-58%
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)51,303.729,521.8-21,781.8-42%
Upper-middle-income countries9,039.34,627.8-4,411.5-49%
Western Pacific (WHO)9,287.12,756.9-6,530.2-70%
World19,659.311,368.2-8,291.0-42%
Data

DALY rates from communicable, neonatal, maternal & nutritional diseases

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DALY rates from communicable, neonatal, maternal & nutritional diseases
The estimated number of age-standardized from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases, per 100,000 people.
Source
IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 20, 2024
Next expected update
May 2028
Date range
1990–2021
Unit
DALYs per 100,000 people

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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the death and DALY counts and rates for 371 diseases and injuries.

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