Global analysis of disability - most are associated with vitamin D deficiency - Lancet
A huge analysis of Disability around the world was made for the periods of 1990 and 2010
There was a huge increase in the number of years of disability from most health problems
The report was published in Lancet in Dec 2012 7 large articles behind paywall
Download the 2014 PDF from VitaminDWiki.
On-line Arrow Diagrams has the full database
Causes of Disability: age 70-74
The list is in order of the most disability to the least (e.g. back pain is the largest cause)
The top 13 causes of disability age 70-74 are virtually the same around the world
10 of the top 13 causes are strongly associated with Vitamin D
Problems related to vitamin D deficiency have increased (while vitamin D levels have decreased)
The table above was derived from the following
Additional charts of burden of disease on VitaminDWiki - Dec 2012
Having the additional charts on a different page reduces download time and complexity of this page
Life and health expectancy in the US
That is, will live 4 years longer, but last 10 years will not be healthy
Causes of disability at age 60 around the world
Note:
The top 13 causes of disability in seniors are virtually the same around the world
10 of the top 13 causes are strongly associated with Vitamin D
% of years of disability (DALY) for various health problems vs age - for females
PDF is attached at the bottom of this page
See also VitaminDWiki
ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
All items in category Predict Vitamin D items
The left column of this page has information on about specific diseases and Vitamin D
Related Global Burden of DISEASE Study 2013 from Lancet (Deaths, not disability)
Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
short url = http://is.gd/disability_VitD