Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100 000 population attributed to dementia in EU Member States in 2019
Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2019) results, Global Burden of Disease Results tool http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/1fb2c073e8b902cc4d23ab706d39fe33 .
The data refer to DALYS from all causes. Read more about dementia prevention in the dedicated brief. Please note these are summary measures. Differences between countries could be affected by different age structure of populations.
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