General model of health transition

General model of health transition

Development Economics

Lecture 7-8

Barbara Liberda

Epidemiologic transition

• I Plagues

• II Communicative or infectious diseases • III Degenerative diseases and man-made

diseases

• IV Old age disease

Models of epidemiologic transition

• Classical - European

• Fast – Japan

• Contemporary – Retarded epidemiologic transition in Less Developed Economies

General model of health transition WHO

• LE - life expectancy

• HALE - healthy life expectancy

• QALY - quality adjusted life years

• HLY - healthy life years

General model of health transitionWHO

• DALY - disability-adjusted life years• • DALE - disability-adjusted life expectancy

• DFLE - disability-free life expectancy

• DisFLE disease-free life expectancy

• LEWD - life expectancy with diseases

General model of health transitionWHO

Nigeria 2000

Nigeria 2050

Brazil 2000

Brazil 2050

Cameroon 2000

Cameroon 2050

Bolivia 2000

Bolivia 2050

Malaysia 2000

Malaysia 2050