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Table 1 Number and rate of DALYs per 100,000 population, Scotland, 2014–16

From: How do world and European standard populations impact burden of disease studies? A case study of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland

Metric

Value

Number of DALYs

1,305,004

Rate of DALYs per 100,000 population:

 

 Crude rate

24,279

 Age-standardised (ESP2013)

24,753

 Age-standardised (GBD WSP)

18,275

  1. ‘DALYs’ denotes Disability-Adjusted Life Years; ‘ESP2013’ denotes the 2013 European Standard Population; ‘GBD WSP’ denotes the Global Burden of Disease 2017 World Standard Population