Burden of COPD in Nepal

Figures & data

Figure 1 Age-standardized death rates of COPD in Nepal during 1990–2016, by sex.

Figure 2 Age-standardized incidence and prevalence rate of COPD during 1990–2016 in Nepal, by sex.

Table 1 Burden of COPD in Nepal (age-standardized rate, per 100,000 population)

Year	DALYs			YLDs			YLLs
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
1990	3,091.7	3,060.9	3,121.2	464.0	512.3	428.1	2,627.7	2,548.6	2,693.1
2000	2,680.1	2,702.2	2,669.3	463.6	506.2	430.6	2,216.6	2,195.9	2,238.7
2010	2,315.3	2,124.1	2,499.9	438.6	470.4	410.5	1,876.7	1,653.7	2,089.4
2016	2,149.4	2,013.3	2,274.9	438.2	465.7	414.9	1,711.2	1,547.6	1,860.0

Note: Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Available from: http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare.

Abbreviations: DALYs, disability-adjusted life years; YLDs, years lived with disability; YLLs, years of life lost.

Figure 3 Age-wise COPD prevalence, mortality, and DALYs in Nepal in 2016.

Abbreviation: DALYs, disability-adjusted life years.

Data availability

The study is based on publicly available data from Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The data can be downloaded from http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool.