Glossary Term

YLL

Years of Life Lost (YLL) is a measure of premature mortality representing the years a person would have lived had they not died early, used to quantify the fatal component of disease burden.

Illustration representing YLL
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Related terms
DALY YLD GBD
Further reading
Wikipedia: Years of Life Lost Browse the HEOR resource database

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