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Table 3 Projected developing country disease burden ranking in 2020

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

Causes

DALYs (1000s)

% total

Unipolar major depression

68,837

5.60

Road traffic accidents

64,388

5.24

Ischaemic heart disease

64,328

5.24

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

52,677

4.29

Cerebrovascular disease

51,518

4.19

Tuberculosis

42,364

3.45

Lower respiratory infections

41,107

3.35

War

40,190

3.27

Diarrhoeal diseases

36,960

3.01

HIV

33,962

2.76

  1. Road traffic accidents are projected to become the second largest burden in developing countries as measured by disability adjusted life years (DALY).