Good health and well-being

Years Lived with Disability (YLD), Total

Years Lost due to Disability (YLD), all ages and all causes

Source: WHO, combined sources of 2000 and 2012

Years Lived with Disability (YLD) is a component of DALY, and measures the burden of living with a disease or disability in the amount of years. In the data, disabilities have different ‘weights’ that signify the severity of the disability (e.g. 0,061 for lower back pain, and 0,594 for blindness). YLD is determined by the number of years disabled times the duration of the disability. The data is shown for all age groups and all causes in absolute numbers. The data is published annually by the WHO.