Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Communicable Disease in the Korean Burden of Disease Study 2012

Lee, Ye-Rin; Moon, Kanghee; Kim, Young Ae; Park, So-Youn; Oh, Chang-Mo; Lee, Kyung-Suk; Oh, In-Hwan

HIV/AIDS was the fourth most common disease responsible for DALYs in Korea in 2012. The DALYs for HIV/AIDS in men were 4.3 times higher than that seen in women. In the DALYs for HIV/AIDS, the 40-49 years old age group represented the largest population in both men and women. While 69.1% of the total DALYs were in the 20-49 years old age groups in men, for women, 69.2% of the total DALYs were in the 40-69 years old age groups. The highest DALYs per 100,000 in men were seen in the 40-49 years old age group at 85 DALYs per 100,000. In wom-en, the 70-79 years old age group was the highest at 25 DALYs per 100,000. In comparison, in the GBD 2010 study HIV/AIDS DALYs per 100,000 were highest in the 35-39 years old age group, and in men the 40-44 years old age group was highest, while the 30-34 years old age group was highest in women (3). Though age distribution presented small differences, HIV/AIDS remains a significant disease and it is important to reduce the burden of HIV/AIDS in Korea as well as in the World.