Disability adjusted life years of type 2 diabetes in population in Zhejiang province, 2013 / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To estimate the disease burden of type 2 diabetes in population in Zhejiang in 2013.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>According to the method in global burden of disease study (GBD) 2010, the related disability adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD) were calculated by using the incidence, prevalence and mortality data of type 2 diabetes in population in Zhejiang and DISMODⅡ.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The overall DALYs of type 2 diabetes was 5.36 per 1000 population, which was higher in women (5.49 per 1000) than in men (5.24 per 1000), The population in urban area had higher DALYs (5.47 per 1000) than those in rural area (5.42 per 1000). The DALYs in old population was high, which peaked in age group 80-84 years (32.63 per 1000) with YLL/YLD of 0.62. The disease burden of type 2 diabetes was mainly caused by disability.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The YLL of type 2 diabetes in Zhejiang was higher than the national average level.</p>