30 November 2022

Percentage of deaths and DALYs due to hepatitis B attributable to drug use

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Percentage of deaths and DALYs due to hepatitis B attributable to drug use

This data helps us understand the importance of drug use in the overall health harms related to hepatitis B. It shows the percentage of hepatitis B-related deaths and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) from liver cancer, cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases that are attributable to injecting drug use. 

Data comes from the Global Burden of Disease. The chart represents the mid-points of the estimates; upper and lower bounds can be found in the table below.

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