Depression Is The Fifth Most Common Cause Of Disability Worldwide

In 2016, major depressive disorder was the fifth most common cause of disability worldwide and accounted for 4.2% of total years lived with a disability (YLD), according to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. The top five conditions with the highest YLD were low back pain, responsible for 57.6 million YLDs (7.2% of all YLD); migraine, responsible for 45.1 million YLDs (5.6% of all YLD); age-related and other hearing loss, responsible for 36.3 million YLDs (4.5% of all YLDs); and iron-deficiency anemia, responsible for 34.7 million YLDs (4.3 . . .