Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation GBD-Data Visualization Hub

Visit "Global: Both Sexes, All Ages, 2016, DALYs" on the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation GBD Compare Data Visualization Hub website.  Compare the primary causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from countries in two different socio-demographic index levels or economic regions. Identify three social or political-economic differences that help explain the differences you observed. Discuss the utility of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) measure as a composite measure of health. Why is the DALY helpful given the different categories of Communicable, Non-communicable, and Injury when it comes to comparing mortality and morbidity?