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Table 1 World disease burden ranking in 1990

From: The CRASH trial: the first large-scale, randomised, controlled trial in head injury

Causes

DALYs (1000s)

% total

Lower respiratory infections

112,898

8.19

Diarrhoeal diseases

99,633

7.22

Perinatal conditions

92,313

6.69

Unipolar major depression

50,810

3.68

Ischaemic heart disease

46,699

3.39

Cerebrovascular disease

38,523

2.79

Tuberculosis

38,426

2.79

Measles

36,520

2.65

Road traffic accidents

34,317

2.49

Congenital abnormalities

32,921

2.39

  1. Road traffic accidents were the ninth largest burden worldwide in 1990 as measured by disability adjusted life years (DALY).
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