Open AccessYears of Life Lost to Death
Author(s) -
Annelene Wengler,
Alexander Rommel,
Dietrich Plaß,
Heike Gruhl,
Janko Leddin,
Thomas Ziese,
Elena von der Lippe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0148
Subject(s) - years of potential life lost , medicine , life expectancy , cause of death , population , gerontology , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , disease , pathology , sociology
Knowing which diseases and causes of death account for most of the years of life lost (YLL) can help to better target appropriate prevention and intervention measures. The YLL in Germany for specific causes of death were estimated as part of the BURDEN 2020 project at the Robert Koch Institute.