The economic costs of alcohol consumption in Thailand, 2006. (1/80)

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Greater use of preventive services in U.S. health care could save lives at little or no cost. (2/80)

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Childhood, adolescent and early adult body mass index in relation to adult mortality: results from the British 1946 birth cohort. (3/80)

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Premature mortality due to stroke and trend in stroke mortality in Japan (1980-2005). (4/80)

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Effect of comorbid alcohol and drug use disorders on premature death among unipolar and bipolar disorder decedents in the United States, 1999 to 2006. (5/80)

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Cross-national sources of health inequality: education and tobacco use in the World Health Survey. (6/80)

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Understanding the "Russian mortality paradox" in Central Asia: evidence from Kyrgyzstan. (7/80)

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) for cancer in Japan in 2000. (8/80)

BACKGROUND: We used disability-adjusted life years (DALY) to estimate the cancer burden in Japan for the year 2000. METHODS: We estimated years of life lost (YLL) by using mortality data and years lived with disability (YLD) by using incidence data. The DALY for cancer was calculated as the sum of YLL and YLD. RESULTS: For all cancers combined, 2 733 884 years of DALY were estimated in men and 2 091 874 years were estimated in women. Among men, stomach and lung cancers accounted for the largest proportions of DALY, followed by liver cancer and colorectal cancer. Among women, the greatest contributors to DALY were stomach, colorectal, breast, and lung cancers. CONCLUSIONS: The national cancer burden in Japan was expressed in terms of DALY, which might be useful in assessing future changes with respect to mortality and morbidity in Japan.  (+info)