State one advantage of using DALYs as opposed to mortality to measure the burden of disease in populations?

Question

State one advantage of using DALYs as opposed to mortality to measure the burden of disease in populations?

Answer 1

Using Disability adjusted life years (DALY) gives a slightly better picture of the cost of disease.  An infant death and an elerly death from the same disease are 2 deaths, but the infant loses a vastly larger portion of life than the elder.  Measured in years, the total could easily exceed 100 years.