McGrath R, et al. - Utilizing data from the 1998–2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, researchers assessed the burden of 10 health conditions for a nationally representative sample of 30,101 US adults aged ≥ 50 years. Over the 16-year study period, the 10 health conditions examined led to an estimated 1,487,734 years of healthy life lost. Sex stratified disability-adjusted life year (DALY) estimates for men and women ranged from 4,092 (fractured hip) to 178,055 (hypertension) and from 13,621 (fractured hip) to 200,794 (hypertension), respectively. Findings revealed weighted overall DALYs of 17,660 for hip fractures, 62,630 for congestive heart failure, 64,710 for myocardial infarction, 90,337 for COPD, 93,996 for stroke, 142,012 for cancer, 117,534 for diabetes, 186,586 for back pain, 333,420 for arthritis, and 378,849 for hypertension.