world’s most common cause of disability, 2013

In 2013 the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, in Seattle, carried out a survey of the world’s disease burden. The latest results of this study, focusing on disability, have just been published in the Lancet. As this map shows, back pain causes the greatest burden in rich countries with ageing populations. Depression often tops the list in poorer, younger ones http://econ.st/1N377hK