Top 20 causes of all-age YLDs and age-standardised YLD rates in China in 1990 and 2015
| Cause | All-age YLDs in 1990 | All-age YLDs in 2015 | Percentage change in all-age YLDs between 1990 and 2015 (%) | Age-standardised YLD rate in 1990 | Age-standardised YLD rate in 2015 | Percentage change in age-standardised YLD rate between 1990 and 2015 (%) | ||
| Total (thousands) | Rank | Total (thousands) | Rank | |||||
| Lower back pain | 6824.4 | 1 | 10 445.6 | 1 | 53.1 | 696.0 | 655.8 | −5.8 |
| Neck pain | 4948.6 | 3 | 9297.5 | 2 | 87.9 | 514.9 | 556.1 | 8.0 |
| Age-related and other hearing loss | 4784.0 | 4 | 8555.7 | 3 | 78.8 | 595.9 | 581.4 | −2.4 |
| Major depressive disorder | 4565.1 | 5 | 6681.2 | 4 | 46.4 | 425.4 | 426.8 | 0.3 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2793.7 | 10 | 5884.2 | 5 | 110.6 | 307.0 | 360.6 | 17.5 |
| Other musculoskeletal disorders | 3846.4 | 6 | 5867.0 | 6 | 52.5 | 361.7 | 371.3 | 2.7 |
| Iron-deficiency anaemia | 5615.4 | 2 | 4829.9 | 7 | −14.0 | 456.5 | 413.4 | −9.4 |
| Schizophrenia | 2856.0 | 9 | 4543.7 | 8 | 59.1 | 262.9 | 274.1 | 4.3 |
| Migraine | 3058.0 | 8 | 4127.0 | 9 | 35.0 | 265.6 | 265.6 | 0.0 |
| Anxiety disorders | 3208.3 | 7 | 3804.6 | 10 | 18.6 | 276.6 | 267.3 | −3.4 |
| Vision loss due to eye disease | 2047.6 | 12 | 3800.4 | 11 | 85.6 | 241.4 | 257.8 | 6.8 |
| Osteoarthritis | 1477.8 | 14 | 3602.7 | 12 | 143.8 | 190.0 | 218.5 | 15.0 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2634.1 | 11 | 2772.7 | 13 | 5.3 | 316.5 | 184.4 | −41.7 |
| Dysthymia | 1435.2 | 15 | 2300.2 | 14 | 60.3 | 143.0 | 143.2 | 0.1 |
| Drug use disorders | 1291.2 | 16 | 2156.1 | 15 | 67.0 | 100.6 | 142.8 | 41.9 |
| Road injuries | 726.9 | 23 | 1831.1 | 16 | 151.9 | 74.2 | 114.8 | 54.7 |
| Falls | 1056.5 | 19 | 1606.7 | 17 | 52.1 | 107.4 | 105.9 | −1.4 |
| Foodborne trematodiases | 1237.4 | 17 | 1527.5 | 18 | 23.5 | 103.9 | 99.2 | −4.5 |
| Bipolar disorder | 1075.0 | 18 | 1410.9 | 19 | 31.3 | 90.8 | 91.2 | 0.4 |
| Alcohol use disorders | 929.6 | 20 | 1363.9 | 20 | 46.7 | 80.4 | 85.0 | 5.7 |
| Ascariasis | 1892.0 | 13 | 42.7 | 29 | −97.7 | 164.4 | 3.0 | −98.2 |
YLDs, years lived with disability.