TY - JOUR
T1 - The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019
T2 - a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
AU - GBD 2019 EU State of Health Collaborators
AU - Santos, João Vasco
AU - Padron-Monedero, Alicia
AU - Bikbov, Boris
AU - Grad, Diana Alecsandra
AU - Plass, Dietrich
AU - Mechili, Enkeleint A.
AU - Gazzelloni, Federica
AU - Fischer, Florian
AU - Sulo, Gerhard
AU - Ngwa, Che Henry
AU - Noguer-Zambrano, Isabel
AU - Peñalvo, José L.
AU - Haagsma, Juanita A.
AU - Kissimova-Skarbek, Katarzyna
AU - Monasta, Lorenzo
AU - Ghith, Nermin
AU - Sarmiento-Suárez, Rodrigo
AU - Hrzic, Rok
AU - Haneef, Romana
AU - O'caoimh, Rónán
AU - Cuschieri, Sarah
AU - Mondello, Stefania
AU - Kabir, Zubair
AU - Freitas, Alberto
AU - Devleesschauwer, Brecht
AU - Abbafati, Cristiana
AU - Abolhassani, Hassan
AU - Adekanmbi, Victor
AU - Ahmadi, Keivan
AU - Ahmadi, Sepideh
AU - Al-Jumaily, Adel
AU - Alla, François
AU - Alonso, Jordi
AU - Ancuceanu, Robert
AU - Andrei, Catalina Liliana
AU - Andrei, Tudorel
AU - Androudi, Sofia
AU - Antó, Josep M.
AU - Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw
AU - Aremu, Olatunde
AU - Armocida, Benedetta
AU - Ärnlöv, Johan
AU - Arumugam, Ashokan
AU - Attia, Sameh
AU - Aujayeb, Avinash
AU - Ausloos, Marcel
AU - Ayuso-Mateos, Jose L.
AU - Banach, Maciej
AU - Bärnighausen, Till Winfried
AU - Barone-Adesi, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - Background: The European Union (EU) faces many health-related challenges. Burden of diseases information and the resulting trends over time are essential for health planning. This paper reports estimates of disease burden in the EU and individual 27 EU countries in 2019, and compares them with those in 2010. Methods: We used the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study estimates and 95% uncertainty intervals for the whole EU and each country to evaluate age-standardised death, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rates for Level 2 causes, as well as life expectancy and healthy life expectancy (HALE). Results: In 2019, the age-standardised death and DALY rates in the EU were 465.8 deaths and 20,251.0 DALYs per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. Between 2010 and 2019, there were significant decreases in age-standardised death and YLL rates across EU countries. However, YLD rates remained mainly unchanged. The largest decreases in age-standardised DALY rates were observed for “HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases” and “transport injuries” (each -19%). “Diabetes and kidney diseases” showed a significant increase for age-standardised DALY rates across the EU (3.5%). In addition, “mental disorders” showed an increasing age-standardised YLL rate (14.5%). Conclusions: There was a clear trend towards improvement in the overall health status of the EU but with differences between countries. EU health policymakers need to address the burden of diseases, paying specific attention to causes such as mental disorders. There are many opportunities for mutual learning among otherwise similar countries with different patterns of disease.
AB - Background: The European Union (EU) faces many health-related challenges. Burden of diseases information and the resulting trends over time are essential for health planning. This paper reports estimates of disease burden in the EU and individual 27 EU countries in 2019, and compares them with those in 2010. Methods: We used the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study estimates and 95% uncertainty intervals for the whole EU and each country to evaluate age-standardised death, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rates for Level 2 causes, as well as life expectancy and healthy life expectancy (HALE). Results: In 2019, the age-standardised death and DALY rates in the EU were 465.8 deaths and 20,251.0 DALYs per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. Between 2010 and 2019, there were significant decreases in age-standardised death and YLL rates across EU countries. However, YLD rates remained mainly unchanged. The largest decreases in age-standardised DALY rates were observed for “HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases” and “transport injuries” (each -19%). “Diabetes and kidney diseases” showed a significant increase for age-standardised DALY rates across the EU (3.5%). In addition, “mental disorders” showed an increasing age-standardised YLL rate (14.5%). Conclusions: There was a clear trend towards improvement in the overall health status of the EU but with differences between countries. EU health policymakers need to address the burden of diseases, paying specific attention to causes such as mental disorders. There are many opportunities for mutual learning among otherwise similar countries with different patterns of disease.
KW - European Burden of Disease Network
KW - European Union
KW - Global Burden of Diseases
KW - Health status
KW - Population health
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85194025956
U2 - 10.1186/s12889-024-18529-3
DO - 10.1186/s12889-024-18529-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 38778362
AN - SCOPUS:85194025956
SN - 1472-698X
VL - 24
JO - BMC International Health and Human Rights
JF - BMC International Health and Human Rights
IS - 1
M1 - 1374
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being