All-age disability-adjusted life year counts and rates of age-standardized disability-adjusted life years per 100 000 for diseases and injuries in Canada in 2016, and cumulative percent changes for 2006 to 2016 (both sexes combined)*
| Cause (disease or injury) | All-age DALYs | Age-standardized DALY rate, per 100 000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 count (95% UI) | Rank in 2016 (count)† | % change, 2006 to 2016 | 2016 rate (95% UI) | Rank in 2016 (rate)† | % change, 2006 to 2016 | |
| All causes | 8 824 288 (7 638 096–10 121 267) | NA | 14 | 19 396 (16 598–22 491) | NA | −5 |
| Communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases | 371 574 (328 284–421 247) | NA | 11 | 1109 (966–1265) | NA | −5 |
| HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (combined) | 24 360 (18 687–32 855) | 16 | −19 | 58 (44–77) | 17 | −28 |
| HIV/AIDS‡ | 22 013 (16 401–30 491) | NA | −20 | 53 (40–72) | NA | −28 |
| Tuberculosis‡ | 2347 (2099–2617) | NA | −9 | 5 (4–5) | NA | −24 |
| Diarrhea, lower respiratory and other common infectious diseases | 172 959 (151 182–200 033) | 12 | 16 | 393 (330–470) | 13 | −5 |
| Neglected tropical diseases and malaria | 342 (273–480) | 21 | −0 | 1 (1–1) | 21 | −10 |
| Maternal disorders | 2431 (2076–2810) | 19 | −4 | 7 (6–8) | 19 | −11 |
| Neonatal disorders | 133 459 (110 825–156 834) | 13 | 12 | 545 (456–639) | 12 | −2 |
| Nutritional deficiencies | 21 194 (15 043–30 075) | 17 | 15 | 64 (44–95) | 16 | 6 |
| Other communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases | 16 831 (14 126–20 713) | 18 | 10 | 42 (35–53) | 18 | −3 |
| Noncommunicable diseases | 7 614 897 (6 564 561–8 764 722) | NA | 14 | 16 243 (13 739–18 981) | NA | −5 |
| Neoplasms | 1 598 437 (1 531 426–1 665 479) | 1 | 14 | 3008 (2878–3134) | 1 | −10 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 1 227 878 (1 146 628–1 309 432) | 2 | 8 | 2179 (2032–2324) | 5 | −16 |
| Chronic respiratory diseases | 335 299 (293 354–384 957) | 9 | 10 | 714 (600–856) | 9 | −10 |
| Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases | 110 087 (101 389–119 034) | 14 | 14 | 213 (197–230) | 14 | −7 |
| Digestive diseases | 109 791 (95 018–124 265) | 15 | 16 | 212 (183–243) | 15 | −7 |
| Neurologic disorders | 687 440 (549 979–838 011) | 6 | 15 | 1474 (1145–1845) | 6 | −4 |
| Mental and substance use disorders | 1 030 496 (775 745–1 295 117) | 4 | 15 | 2697 (2023–3406) | 2 | 4 |
| Diabetes mellitus, urogenital, blood and endocrine diseases | 563 635 (470 739–675 776) | 7 | 16 | 1114 (924–1345) | 7 | −7 |
| Musculoskeletal disorders | 1 053 138 (777 459–1 358 990) | 3 | 21 | 2300 (1686–2984) | 4 | 3 |
| Other noncommunicable diseases | 898 697 (643 118–1 233 063) | 5 | 16 | 2333 (1700–3160) | 3 | −1 |
| Injuries | 837 816 (714 075–1 004 250) | NA | 7 | 2044 (1768–2418) | NA | −8 |
| Transport injuries | 209 744 (181 775–245 581) | 11 | −6 | 554 (490–637) | 11 | −17 |
| Unintentional injuries | 389 289 (299 348–508 564) | 8 | 19 | 859 (660–1121) | 8 | −2 |
| Self–harm and interpersonal violence (combined) | 237 440 (201 557–263 231) | 10 | 4 | 627 (534–696) | 10 | −5 |
| Self-harm‡ | 192 398 (155 047–215 915) | NA | 4 | 503 (406–564) | NA | −5 |
| Interpersonal violence‡ | 45 042 (34 689–58 523) | NA | 7 | 125 (97–163) | NA | −3 |
| Forces of nature, conflict and terrorism, and executions and police conflict | 1343 (745–2363) | 20 | −53 | 4 (2–6) | 20 | −60 |
Note: DALY = disability-adjusted life years, NA = not applicable, UI = uncertainty interval.
↵* This table presents disability-adjusted life year estimates, which combine years of life lost and years lived with disability.
↵† Ranks are provided for level 2 causes of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) cause hierarchy, in descending order, with the leading cause being ranked number 1.
↵‡ Represents level 3 causes of the GBD cause hierarchy.