Burden of Disease (BoD) - LGAs and regions 2001 - Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)

The Burden of Disease study uses methods developed originally for the Global\r\nBurden of Disease study refined and adapted to the Victorian context. It\r\nprovides a comprehensive assessment of the amount of ill health in Victoria,\r\nAustralia, measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) arising from\r\nmost diseases and injuries.\r\n\r\nThe DALY is a measure of the disease burden in a population combining the loss\r\nof years of life due to premature mortality and the loss of healthy years of\r\nlife due to disease or injury. One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of\r\nhealthy life. The DALY is a so-called health gap measure. This means that the\r\nburden of disease is measured as the gap between the current health status of\r\nthe population and an ideal where everyone lives into old age; free of disease\r\nor injury. The term disability is used quite broadly; in this sense; to\r\ninclude all departures from complete health due to disease or injury.\r\n\r\n