Investigating years of life lost in Belgium, 2004-2019: A comprehensive analysis using a probabilistic redistribution approach
Introduction: Information on years of life lost (YLL) due to premature mortality is instrumental to assess the fatal impact of disease and necessary for the calculation of Belgian disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). This study presents a novel method to reallocate causes of death data. Materials and methods: Causes of death data are provided by Statistics Belgium (Statbel). First, the specific ICD-10 codes that define the underlying cause of death are mapped to the GBD cause list. Second, ill-defined deaths (IDDs) are redistributed to specific ICD-10 codes. A four-step probabilistic redist... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | articles |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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BioMed Central
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28953615 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/305586/ |