Individual Mental and Behavioral Disorders for U.S.
- What are DALYs?
- The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in the U.S., 13.6 percent of DALYs are caused by disorders in the mental and behavioral disorders category.
- The WHO data below show the breakdown of disorders within that category, and the percentage that each individual disorder contributes to DALYs caused by the mental and behavioral disorders category.
- Major depressive disorder accounts for 27.37 percent of DALYs in the mental and behavioral disorders category.
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US Burden of Disease Collaborators. The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. JAMA, 310(6): 591-608, 2013.
