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• What are YLDs?
  • U.S. YLDs for Mental and Behavioral Disorders as a Percent of Total U.S. YLDs.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally, 22.7 percent of YLDs are caused by disorders in the mental and behavioral disorders category.
• The WHO data below show the percentage of total global YLDs contributed by each disorder within the mental and behavioral disorders category.
• Major depressive disorder carries the heaviest burden of all disorders in the mental and behavioral disorders category, accounting for 8.13 percent of all global YLDs.

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Vos T et al. Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet,380(9859): 2163-96, 2012.