Gómez Dantés Héctor, Castro Ma Victoria, Franco-Marina Francisco, Bedregal Paula, Rodríguez García Jesús, Espinoza Azalea, Valdez Huarcaya William, Lozano Rafael
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México.
Salud Publica Mex. 2011;53 Suppl 2:s72-7.
To describe the burden of disease studies made in the region, identify the main priorities in health from the indicator Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).
By the use of DALYs identify the burden of disease in the countries in the network.
DALYs emphasize the emergency of mental disorders, diabetes mellitus in women and the disorders associated with alcohol consumption and injuries in men.
Latin America is the region with more national studies of burden of disease, using a standardized methodology, that allows identifying new health priorities which are pressing to the health services; for that reason these results constitute an element to take into account in the establishment of public policies in each country.
描述该地区开展的疾病负担研究，从伤残调整生命年（DALYs）指标确定主要的卫生优先事项。
通过使用DALYs确定网络中各国的疾病负担。
DALYs突出了精神障碍、女性糖尿病以及男性与饮酒和伤害相关疾病的紧迫性。
拉丁美洲是开展了更多采用标准化方法的疾病负担国家研究的地区，这使得能够确定对卫生服务而言紧迫的新的卫生优先事项；因此，这些结果构成了各国制定公共政策时需考虑的一个因素。
