The life-years lost or years of lost life (YLL) is a unit to measure the number of expected years of human life lost following an unexpected event, such as death by illness, crime or war. Life-years lost is a flexible measure which have been used to measure the effects of overall mortality of non-communicable diseases, drug misuse and suicide, epidemics (for example COVID-19 pandemic), wars, and natural disasters such as earthquakes.
The life-years lost or years of lost life (YLL) is a unit to measure the number of expected years of human life lost following an unexpected event, such as death by illness, crime or war. Life-years lost is a flexible measure which have been used to measure the effects of overall mortality of non-communicable diseases, drug misuse and suicide, epidemics (for example COVID-19 pandemic), wars, and natural disasters such as earthquakes.
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