Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to diets high in processed meat map

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100 000 attributable to diets high in processed meat in EU Member States (2023)

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2023) results.

The data refer to DALYs from all causes, for both sexes in all ages. Diets high in processed meat are defined in the relevant paragraph of the brief.
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Country
Belgium	275.2
Bulgaria	483.7
Czechia	438.7
Denmark	310.3
Germany	525.0
Estonia	757.3
Ireland	222.8
Greece	191.5
Spain	317.8
France	266.6
Croatia	271.1
Italy	296.4
Cyprus	339.6
Latvia	1 194.3
Lithuania	1 167.3
Luxembourg	351.7
Hungary	411.4
Malta	378.9
Netherlands	203.0
Austria	261.1
Poland	284.6
Portugal	195.0
Romania	440.2
Slovenia	455.7
Slovakia	336.3
Finland	300.2
Sweden	432.4
European Union	355.1

European Union average: 355,1 DALYs/100 000

References to Meat

Meat ACS (2020), American Cancer Society, Guideline for Diet and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention De Smet and Vossen (2016), Meat Science 120 (2016)...

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to diets high in red meat map

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to diets high in processed meat map

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per 100 000 attributable to diets high in processed meat in EU Member States (2023)

References to Meat

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributable to diets high in red meat map

Deaths attributable to diets high in processed meat