A question from a colleague of a colleague asks “We’re working on how we present the GBD DALY burden for two populatlons of different sizes. Obviously, just comparing the DALYs is not appropriate. Have you ever seen a relative rate published?”
My answer is that the DALY rate (e.g per 100,000 person-year) is just the thing for this: http://ihmeuw.org/3cl8
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