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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributed to diet high in sodium/salt map

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)/100 000 attributable to diet high in sodium in EU Member States (2019) map

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2019) results http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/1923b4d8eb2431db94613e892e9a8b3f
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.
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