02560nas a2200205 4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002900054653004600083653003500129653003200164100001300196700001300209700001300222245007900235856009600314300000800410520192200418022001402340 2021 d c10/202110aGlobal Burden of Disease10aprevalence and incidence of skin diseases10askin and subcutaneous diseases10ayears lived with disability1 aKavita A1 aThakur J1 aNarang T00aThe burden of skin diseases in India: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. uhttps://ijdvl.com/the-burden-of-skin-diseases-in-india-global-burden-of-disease-study-2017/ a1-53 a
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of skin diseases has increased over the last few decades, and they contribute to a significant burden on health-care systems across the world. Aims/Objective: This report looks at the burden of skin and subcutaneous diseases in terms of years lived with disability and agestandardised years lived with disability in India using the Global Burden of Disease Study results from 2017.
METHODS: Data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease online interactive tool. Updated estimates of the world's health for 359 diseases and injuries and 84 risk factors from 1990 to 2017 are available in this interactive tool.
RESULTS: Years lived with disability due to skin and subcutaneous diseases accounted for 4.02% of the total years lived with disability in India in 2017. There was an increase of 53.7% in all age standardised years lived with disability for all the skin and subcutaneous diseases from 1990 to 2017. Among skin and subcutaneous diseases, dermatitis contributed maximum years lived with disability (1.40 million; 95% uncertainty interval, 0.82-2.21) in 2017, followed by urticaria (1.02 million; 95% uncertainty interval, 0.06-1.44) with percentage increases of 48.9% and 45.7% respectively.
CONCLUSION: The burden due to infectious skin diseases (e.g., scabies, fungal skin disease and bacterial skin disease) and non-infectious diseases (e.g., dermatitis, urticaria and psoriasis) has increased over the past three decades, however the age-standardised years lived with disability for leprosy, scabies, fungal infections, sexually transmitted infections and non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) has decreased. The high burden of skin and subcutaneous diseases demand that they be given due importance in the national programmes and health policy of India.
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