articleThe British Journal of PsychiatryMay 1, 2004BRONZE OA

Global burden of depressive disorders in the year 2000

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Abstract

Background

The initial Global Burden of Disease study found that depression was the fourth leading cause of disease burden, accounting for 3.7% of total disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in the world in 1990.

Aims

To present the new estimates of depression burden for the year 2000. METHOD: DALYs for depressive disorders in each world region were calculated, based on new estimates of mortality, prevalence, incidence, average age at onset, duration and disability severity.

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Keywords
  • Burden of disease
  • Depression (economics)
  • Disease burden
  • Medicine
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Public health
  • Years of potential life lost
  • Disease
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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