title: Years of life lost among Iranian people killed in the Iraq-Iran war: the 25-year perspective.
abstract: To estimate the years of life lost (YLL), registered deaths due to Iraq-Iran war (1980-2005) were identified considering ICD10 codes of Y36.0 to Y36.9. Estimated YLL was calculated by taking age-weighting options and discount rates. Population life expectancy in each corresponding year was retrieved from the national health database. During 1980-2005, 178,298 Iranian men and 5325 Iranian women died in war. The mean death age was 22.8 ± 9 years, 96.6% occurred during the years of war (September 1980-August 1988). In the years after the war (1988-2005) 6243 (3.4%) of deaths occurred as the result of complication of the war-related injuries or implanted landmines/unexploded ordnances (ICD10 code: Y36.8). YLL in Iraq-Iran war among Iranian victims were calculated as 10,479,405.0 years considering the age weighting and discount rate equal to 0. Age-adjusted YLL were estimated as 10,169,546.2 years in males. Female cases that comprised 2.9% of total victims lost 309,858.8 years. The mean YLL was calculated as 57.1 years for each Iranian victim killed in Iraq-Iran war. The war-related YLL was estimated more than 10 million years that comprised a majority of young men. This study is the first step in estimation of disability adjusted life year (DALY) of Iraq-Iran war on Iranian side.
authors.affiliation: a Prevention Department , Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC) , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Batool
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mousavi
authors.forename: Maziar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moradi-Lakeh
authors.forename: Mojgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karbakhsh
authors.forename: Mohammadreza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soroush
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D012737:Sex Factors; D014857:Warfare; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Iraq–Iran war; burden of disease; years of life lost