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Table 2 Projected world disease burden ranking in 2020

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

Causes

DALYs (1000s)

% total

Ischaemic heart disease

82,325

5.93

Unipolar major depression

78,662

5.66

Road traffic accidents

71,240

5.13

Cerebrovascular disease

61,392

4.42

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

57,587

4.15

Lower respiratory infections

42,692

3.07

Tuberculosis

42,515

3.06

War

41,315

2.97

Diarrhoeal diseases

37,097

2.67

HIV

36,317

2.61

  1. Road traffic accidents are projected to become the third largest burden worldwide as measured by disability adjusted life years (DALY).
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