Age- and sex-disaggregated disease burden among the older persons in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the context of the increasing number and proportion of population aged 60 years or more in India, it is imperative to understand their health needs for ensuring healthy ageing.

Methods

Using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019, we identified the top ten causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLLs), and years lived with disability (YLDs) disaggregated by sex and age groups (60-64 years, 65-69 years, 70-74 years, 75-79 years, and ≥ 80 years) for India in 2019. We analysed the proportional contribution of individual causes to the total DALYs due to communicable diseases (CMNNDs), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and injuries disaggregated by age and sex. We report the state-level hete

SUBMITTER: Kumar GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661056 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature