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Defining dietary salt and sodium - data table

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)/100 000 attributable to diet high in sodium in EU Member States (2017)* data table

Country
Belgium 310
Bulgaria 2 397
Czechia 1 156
Denmark 277
Germany 532
Estonia 1 218
Ireland 312
Greece 576
Spain 224
France 287
Croatia 1 277
Italy 440
Cyprus 347
Latvia 1 487
Lithuania 1 517
Luxembourg 377
Hungary 1 724
Malta 552
Netherlands 272
Austria 460
Poland 952
Portugal 397
Romania 1 844
Slovenia 860
Slovakia 1 274
Finland 501
Sweden 463
United Kingdom 298

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2017) results http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2017-permalink/c2c0782abf4819cbf4498f00e6ef2021
* The data refer to DALYS from all causes, for both sexes in all ages. Diet high in sodium is defined in the relevant paragraph of the brief. Please note these are summary measures. Differences between countries could be affected by different age structure of populations.
© European Union, 2018

Mortality

Mortality data table: deaths/100 000 attributable to diet high in sodium in EU Member States (2017)*

Country
Belgium 21
Bulgaria 134
Czechia 68
Denmark 20
Germany 40
Estonia 85
Ireland 20
Greece 41
Spain 13
France 21
Croatia 79
Italy 35
Cyprus 20
Latvia 94
Lithuania 98
Luxembourg 25
Hungary 96
Malta 35
Netherlands 19
Austria 36
Poland 51
Portugal 23
Romania 108
Slovenia 54
Slovakia 70
Finland 34
Sweden 32
United Kingdom 21

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2017) results http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2017-permalink/c2c0782abf4819cbf4498f00e6ef2021
* The data refer to Deaths from all causes, for both sexes in all ages. Diet high in sodium is defined in the relevant paragraph of the brief. Please note these are summary measures. Differences between countries could be affected by different age structure of populations.
© European Union, 2018