Which of the following is an indicator used by experts to gauge the number of people dying prematurely due to a particular disease, as well as, the number of years spent by them in a state of ‘disability’ owing to the disease?

Global burden of disease Global backlog of disease Great burden of disease Great backlog of disease

Global burden of disease

GBD i.e. Global burden of disease is an indicator used by experts to gauge the number of people dying prematurely due to a particular disease, as well as, the number of years spent by them in a state of ‘disability’ owing to the disease. One study points out that India has about one-fifth of the world’s population but it bears a frightening 20 percent of the global burden of diseases