Abstract
The purpose of this assay is to rank the most important causes of death in terms of number of Years of Life Lost (YLL) in men and women and also evaluating it in different age groups. Required data is extracted from Death Registration System of Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Brass Growth Balance method was used to remedy the low count of deaths in children over 5 years. The mortality rate of children under 5 years old was corrected through a reviewing trends based on all studies. Garbage codes were redistributed based on the method of calculating the global burden of disease in the age- gender ratio of deaths in the province. Then, using the World Health Organization standard method, years of life lost was calculated on the six leading causes of death in Iran excepted in Tehran. The results showed that unintentional injuries, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and tumors, diseases of the perinatal period, congenital and chromosomal malformations and diseases of the respiratory system, constitute approximately 81% of the whole YLL in the country in the year of 2006. The number of YLL has been 1116976 for unintentional injuries, 1026229 for cardiovascular diseases, 420942 for cancers and tumors, 395890 for perinatal diseases, 197480 for congenital and chromosomal malformations and 193214 for diseases of the respiratory system. Cardiovascular disease in women, is the most important factor of the YLL and unintentional injuries are the second leading cause and in men, the causes have the same order as whole. Unintentional injuries mostly affect the age group 15 to 35 years and the greatest ratio of YLL due to this cause is in the middle ages and the activity ages. The number of YLL resulting from perinatal diseases, respiratory diseases, congenital malformations and partly respiratory diseases, have mostly affected the age group of less than 5 years old. Also, the most YLL ratio resulting from cardiovascular disease and cancer have occurred in old ages.
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