global burden of disease


glo·bal burden of disease

statistical measure indicating loss of years of healthy life through disabling disease in a specified population, as measured in DALYs (q.v.).
See also: disability-adjusted life years.

glo·bal bur·den of dis·ease

(glō'băl bŭr'dĕn di-zēz') Mathematical measure of loss of healthy life years due to disabling diseases in a country's population.
See also: disability-adjusted life years