TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019
JO  - BMC public health
A1  - Santos, João Vasco
A1  - Padrón-Monedero, Alicia
A1  - Bikbov, Boris
A1  - Grad, Diana Alecsandra
A1  - Plass, Dietrich
A1  - Mechili, Enkeleint A.
A1  - Gazzelloni, Federica
A1  - Fischer, Florian
A1  - Sulo, Gerhard
A1  - Ngwa, Che Henry
A1  - Noguer-Zambrano, Isabel
A1  - Peñalvo, José L.
A1  - Haagsma, Juanita A.
A1  - Kissimova-Skarbek, Katarzyna
A1  - Monasta, Lorenzo
A1  - Ghith, Nermin
A1  - Sarmiento-Suárez, Rodrigo
A1  - Hrzic, Rok
A1  - Haneef, Romana
A1  - O'Caoimh, Rónán
A1  - Cuschieri, Sarah
A1  - Mondello, Stefania
A1  - Kabir, Zubair
A1  - Freitas, Alberto
A1  - Devleesschauwer, Brecht
SP  - e1374
EP  - e1374
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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%). <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18529-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -