X-Message-Number: 31052 From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Leading cause of disability-adjusted life years is a psychiat... Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:01:35 +0200 The absence of a social component in the cryonics 'package' becomes increasingly untenable as psycho-social disability becomes the leading cause of disease. The UN estimates that depression will be the leading cause of disability by 2020. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1285720 Unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating condition with a lifetime prevalence of 17%. Recent epidemiological evidence indicates that MDD is the fourth leading cause of disease burden and the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability-adjusted_life_years Looking at the burden of disease via DALYs can reveal surprising things about a population's health. For example, the 1990 WHO report indicated that 5 of the 10 leading causes of disability were psychiatric conditions. dss Skype: davidstodolsky Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31052