Comparing data sources in estimating disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for ischemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a cross-sectional setting in Finland

Table 2 Prevalences and YLL, YLD and DALYs for IHD in Finland per 1000 population using administrative health register and self-reported survey data from the FINRISK 2012 survey

	The Care Register for Health Care^a	Entitlement to specially reimbursed medicines^b	All registers combined	Self-reported data (HES)	All data sources combined
Males
YLL per 1000 = 37.5
Prevalence (%)	4.8	3.6	4.9	6.2	7.3
YLD per 1000	3.5	2.7	3.6	4.5	5.3
DALYs per 1000	40.9	40.1	41.0	42.0	42.8
Females
YLL per 1000 = 9.1
Prevalence (%)	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.4	3.4
YLD per 1000	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.8	2.5
DALYs per 1000	10.6	10.1	10.7	10.9	11.6

YLL Years of life lost, YLD Years lived with disability, DALYs Disability-adjusted life years, IHD Ischemic heart disease, HES Health examination survey
^aThe Care Register for Health Care includes hospital inpatient episodes since 1969 and specialist outpatient visits since 1998
^bFrom the Registers of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland

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