TY - JOUR
T1 - The breast cancer related burden of morbidity and mortality in six European countries
T2 - The European Disability Weights project
AU - Kruijshaar, Michelle E.
AU - Barendregt, Jan J.
AU - the European Disability Weights Group
AU - van der Maas, Paul
AU - Bot, Marie-louise
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Background: The burden of breast cancer expressed in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) was compared for six European countries and its sensitivity to different sources of variation examined. Methods: DALYs were calculated using country-specific epidemiological data and European Disability Weights. Epidemiological data for 1996 were obtained for Denmark, England and Wales, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Disability weights were empirically derived. Results: Denmark and the Netherlands lost the largest number of DALYs (approximately 1100 DALYs per 100,000 women). They were followed by England (87% of the Danish burden), France (72%), Sweden (68%) and Spain (67%). 70 to 80% of the burden was caused by mortality. Cross-national variation in disease epidemiology was the largest source of variation in the burden of breast cancer. Variation in disability weights and uncertainty in epidemiological data had smaller effects. Conclusion: To compare the burden of breast cancer and most other types of cancer mortality rates provide sufficient information.
AB - Background: The burden of breast cancer expressed in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) was compared for six European countries and its sensitivity to different sources of variation examined. Methods: DALYs were calculated using country-specific epidemiological data and European Disability Weights. Epidemiological data for 1996 were obtained for Denmark, England and Wales, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Disability weights were empirically derived. Results: Denmark and the Netherlands lost the largest number of DALYs (approximately 1100 DALYs per 100,000 women). They were followed by England (87% of the Danish burden), France (72%), Sweden (68%) and Spain (67%). 70 to 80% of the burden was caused by mortality. Cross-national variation in disease epidemiology was the largest source of variation in the burden of breast cancer. Variation in disability weights and uncertainty in epidemiological data had smaller effects. Conclusion: To compare the burden of breast cancer and most other types of cancer mortality rates provide sufficient information.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/14.2.141
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/14.2.141
M3 - Article
C2 - 15230498
AN - SCOPUS:3042695029
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 14
SP - 141
EP - 146
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - 2
ER -