title: Estimation of Vietnam national burden of disease 2008.
abstract: Burden of disease has been used to assess population health status. This article presents the first estimations of burden of disease in Vietnam in 2008 using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). DALYs were calculated using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) methods. Incidence, prevalence of diseases, and causes of death was extracted from Vietnam data. Disability weights were borrowed from GBD and Dutch research. In 2008, the total burden of disease in Vietnam was 12.3 million DALYs. Noncommunicable diseases dominated the total burden of diseases in Vietnam, accounting for 71% of the total burden, and cardiovascular disease was the leading cause group of premature death. While pneumonia was an important cause of burden in Vietnamese children, stroke and depression were the main causes of disease burden among adults. The study provides a snapshot of Vietnamese health status and offers guidance for health policymaking in Vietnam.
authors.affiliation: Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam ntn2@hsph.edu.vn.
authors.forename: Nguyen Thi Trang
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nhung
authors.affiliation: Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Tran Khanh
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Bui Ngoc
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Linh
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.affiliation: Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Nguyen Thanh
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Huong
authors.affiliation: University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Ngo Duc
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Anh
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061213:Mortality, Premature / Q000639:trends; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Vietnam; burden of disease; disability adjusted life years; mortality; years lived with disability; years of life lost