Trend in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) for Injuries in Korea: 2004-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injury is a major public health problem and accounts for 10% of the global burden of disease. This study intends to present the temporal trend in the injury burden in Korea and to compare the burden size by injury mechanism and age group.

Methods

This study was a nationwide population-based observational study. We used two data sets, the death certificates statistics and the Korean National Hospital Discharge Survey data (2004-2012). We calculated age-standardized disability-adjusted life year (DALY) from years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD) and trend analysis.

Results

The DALYs of road injury decreased (P = 0.002), falls did not exhibit a trend (P = 0.108), and self-harm increased overall (P = 0.045). In the r

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature