title: [Burden of disease in Latin America].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the burden of disease studies made in the region, identify the main priorities in health from the indicator Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
  
  
  METHODS
  By the use of DALYs identify the burden of disease in the countries in the network.
  
  
  RESULTS
  DALYs emphasize the emergency of mental disorders, diabetes mellitus in women and the disorders associated with alcohol consumption and injuries in men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latin America is the region with more national studies of burden of disease, using a standardized methodology, that allows identifying new health priorities which are pressing to the health services; for that reason these results constitute an element to take into account in the establishment of public policies in each country.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México. hgdantes@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gómez Dantés
authors.forename: Ma Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franco-Marina
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bedregal
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez García
authors.forename: Azalea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Valdez Huarcaya
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lozano
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D014944:World Health Organization