Estimates of yrs lived with disability(YLDs), yrs of life lost (YLLs) and disability-adjusted life yrs (DALYs) due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by region, 2000
| YLD·100000 males−1 | YLD·100000 females−1 | YLL·100000 males−1 | YLL·100000 females−1 | Total YLD thousands | Total YLL thousands | Total DALYs thousands | |
| AFR D | 49.8 | 11.2 | 152.9 | 136.1 | 102 | 482 | 584 |
| AFR E | 47.1 | 11.5 | 167.5 | 131.9 | 99 | 505 | 603 |
| AMR A | 340.7 | 270.3 | 216.7 | 202.2 | 944 | 648 | 1592 |
| AMR B | 179.0 | 209.5 | 134.5 | 92.9 | 860 | 502 | 1362 |
| AMR D | 159.4 | 95.4 | 73.6 | 90.2 | 91 | 58 | 149 |
| EMR B | 283.6 | 57.4 | 60.2 | 44.1 | 244 | 73 | 317 |
| EMR D | 123.1 | 58.6 | 105.9 | 100.3 | 126 | 142 | 268 |
| EUR A | 265.0 | 298.9 | 198.6 | 104.7 | 1160 | 619 | 1779 |
| EUR B | 140.9 | 175.3 | 40.9 | 27.8 | 343 | 74 | 418 |
| EUR C | 197.2 | 265.6 | 390.4 | 132.3 | 574 | 622 | 1196 |
| SEAR B | 209.8 | 171.3 | 185.4 | 118.6 | 752 | 600 | 1351 |
| SEAR D | 123.3 | 123.0 | 397.3 | 353.7 | 1660 | 5073 | 6733 |
| WPR A | 113.5 | 92.5 | 77.9 | 34.1 | 154 | 83 | 237 |
| WPR B | 236.2 | 95.4 | 407.8 | 493.8 | 2524 | 6777 | 9628 |
| Total | 188.9 | 140.1 | 286.2 | 260.9 | 9954 | 16543 | 26497 |
A: very low child and adult mortality; B: low child and adult mortality; C: low child mortality and high adult mortality; D: high child and adult mortality; E: high child mortality and very high adult mortality; AFR: Africa; AMR: Americas; EMR: Eastern Mediterranean; EUR: Europe; SEAR: South-East Asia; WPR: Western Pacific.