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Years of life lost (YLL) is a measure of premature mortality. Its primary purpose is to compare the relative importance of different causes of premature death within a particular population and it can therefore be used by health planners to define priorities for the prevention of such deaths. It can...

To reduce the number of suicides.

To reduce deaths from stroke.

To reduce deaths from stomach cancer.

To reduce deaths from asthma; bronchitis, emphysema and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and pneumonia.

To reduce deaths from prostate cancer.

To help reduce deaths from causes considered amenable to health care.

To reduce deaths from oesophageal cancer.

To reduce deaths from leukaemia.

To reduce deaths from land transport accidents.