title: Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) for cancer in Japan in 2000.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We used disability-adjusted life years (DALY) to estimate the cancer burden in Japan for the year 2000.
  
  
  METHODS
  We estimated years of life lost (YLL) by using mortality data and years lived with disability (YLD) by using incidence data. The DALY for cancer was calculated as the sum of YLL and YLD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For all cancers combined, 2 733 884 years of DALY were estimated in men and 2 091 874 years were estimated in women. Among men, stomach and lung cancers accounted for the largest proportions of DALY, followed by liver cancer and colorectal cancer. Among women, the greatest contributors to DALY were stomach, colorectal, breast, and lung cancers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The national cancer burden in Japan was expressed in terms of DALY, which might be useful in assessing future changes with respect to mortality and morbidity in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Japan, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0815, Japan. ptrminh@rerf.or.jp
authors.forename: Truong-Minh
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozasa
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Takesumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D061213:Mortality, Premature / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors