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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2014.08.006
Copy DOIJournal: Revista Colombiana de Cardiología | Publication Date: Nov 1, 2014 |
Citations: 7 | License type: cc-by-nc-nd |
ObjectiveTo estimate the disease burden of atrial fibrillation and describe its impact on the health of the Colombian population. MethodsThe number of healthy life years lost or of disability adjusted life years for atrial fibrillation, resulting from the sum of loss of health due to premature death and disability was calculated. For the calculation of life years lost the death registration on the National Department of Statistics for the period 2000-2009, as well as the abridged life tables for the years lived with disability, the individual records of service 2009-2010, bibliography and a map of weighted disability in the global study of the burden of disease were consulted. For data processing a template developed in Microsoft Excel 2007 was used, based on the methodology described by the World Health Organization in October 2001, taking into account the parameters and formulas that have been described by Murray and Lopez (1996) and Mathers et al. (2001). ResultsIn 2000, 2004 and 2009, 12,138, 13,188 and 15,327 years of healthy life were lost due to atrial fibrillation in the Colombian population, with a ratio of 0.30, 0.31 and 0.34 years of healthy life lost per thousand inhabitants respectively. The major relative weight of the lost years was given by the disability component (91.46%); males contributed on average to 58% of the healthy life years lost, and the most affected age was of 70-79 years. ConclusionThe number of healthy life years lost shows that atrial fibrillation is a highly disabling condition for the Colombian population during the study period, given the predominance of the component of years lived with disability.
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