Glossary Term

YLD

Years Lived with Disability (YLD) is a component of the DALY measuring time spent living with a non-fatal disease or injury, weighted by severity, to quantify the non-lethal disease burden.

Illustration representing YLD
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Related terms
DALY YLL GBD
Further reading
Wikipedia: Years Lived with Disability The Lancet: YLD for 371 Diseases Browse the HEOR resource database

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