Severe depression is the one that contributes the greatest burden of healthy years of life lost, along with panic attacks. It is urgent to implement in the country a public health program aimed at mental disorders.
The study Burden of Disease rreveals that in Paraguay, in 2019, lost 1,766,461 healthy years of life to various diseases, which represent a ratio of 247 healthy years of life lost per 1000 inhabitants. Of this, 83.5 years of life lost is due to premature death and 163.5 years due to disability, per 1,000 inhabitants, respectively.
The women lost more years of healthy life, concentrating 51.4% with a ratio of 255.8.
The Non-communicable diseases They are responsible for 66.8% of all the burden of disease produced in that year.
The The largest loss of healthy years in the country is due to mental disorders. During 2019, 322,043 healthy years of life have been lost due to mental and behavioral disorders.
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Within this category, the severe depression is the one that contributes the greatest burden of healthy years of life lost, along with panic attacks, that decrease the quality of life.
Faced with this situation, Dr. Águeda Cabello, director of Teaching and Health Surveillance Research, indicated that it is Urgent implementation in the country of a public health program aimed at mental disorders.
In second place are accidents and injuries, which is verified mostly in men; and in third place are communicable diseases. The burden was a consequence, to a greater extent, of the disabilities caused by the diseases, representing 66.2% of the total years of healthy life lost.
The presence of a mixed profile of diseases is confirmed: the unipolar depression produced the greatest loss of healthy life years, followed by traffic accidentsdiabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
He The purpose of the study is to show which diseases have the highest burdenknow the number of people who have lost years of healthy life, who die prematurely and who are left with a disability to establish public health priorities.
The work was carried out by a team led by technicians from the General Directorate of Health Surveillance and the General Directorate of Strategic Health Information, with the technical and financial support of Vital Strategies.
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