Study defines global burden of skin disease stat : EurekAlert

In addition to the surprisingly small share of the global burden of skin disease posed by cancer, the group found a surprisingly large share of the global burden created by hives and by the skin mite, scabies. Global Burden of Disease metrics and patterns have the potential to affect public health and research priorities on a global scale. He hopes the current study will help this global research community adjust its priorities to focus on the skin diseases that create the most hardship. The Institute seeks to gather and store global health information and to make this information publicly available. Overall, the study found that skin diseases were the fourth leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide (behind anemia, tuberculosis and sense organ diseases).




In addition to the surprisingly small share of the global burden of skin disease posed by cancer, the group found a surprisingly large share of the global burden created by hives and by the skin mite, scabies. Global Burden of Disease metrics and patterns have the potential to affect public health and research priorities on a global scale. Explore further: Ebola highlights disparity of disease burden in developed vs. developing countriesMore information: JAMA Dermatology. He hopes the current study will help this global research community adjust its priorities to focus on the skin diseases that create the most hardship. The Institute seeks to gather and store global health information and to make this information publicly available.


Skin diseases ranked in decreasing order by DALYS were: dermatitis (9.3 million DALYs), acne vulgaris (7.2 million DALYs), urticaria (hives, 4.7 million DALYs), psoriasis (4.7 million DALYs), viral skin diseases (such as viral warts, 4 million DALYs)), fungal skin diseases (3.8 million DALYs), scabies (1.7 million DALYs), melanoma (1.6 million DALYs), pyoderma and cellulitis (bacterial skin diseases, 1.1 million DALYs each), keratinocyte carcinoma (such as basal and squamous cell cancers, 820,000 DALYs), decubitus ulcer (bedsores, 660,000 DALYs) and alopecia areata (290,000 DALYs). Skin and subcutaneous diseases were the 18th leading cause of DALYs worldwide in the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study and, excluding mortality, skin diseases were the fourth largest cause of disability worldwide, according to the article. A new article published online by JAMA Dermatology estimates the global burden of skin disease as measured by disability-adjusted life years or DALYs, with one DALY equivalent to one year of healthy life lost. Skin diseases accounted for 1.79 percent of the global burden of disease as measured in DALYS from 306 diseases and injuries in 2013, with skin and subcutaneous diseases responsible for 41.6 million DALYS that year, according to the article by corresponding author Chante Karimkhani, M.D., of the University of Colorado, Denver, and Global Burden of Disease researchers and collaborators. Data for the report were drawn from more than 4,000 sources including medical literature, population-based disease registries, hospital data, studies and autopsy data.



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