Open AccessAssessing Years of Life Lost Versus Number of Deaths in the United States, 1995–2015
Author(s) -
Glen B. Taksler,
Michael B. Rothberg
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.303986
Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , life expectancy , demography , medicine , context (archaeology) , population , cause of death , gerontology , mortality rate , disease , environmental health , surgery , geography , archaeology , sociology , pathology
To assess years of life lost to each cause of death in the United States between 1995 and 2015, and compare it with the number of deaths.