Mortality Pyramids of the Top 10 Causes of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL), Georgia 2011 
 
Georgia Department of Public Health Office of Health Indicators for Planning (OHIP) 
 
YPLL 75 represents the number of years of potential life lost due to death before age 75, as a measure of 
premature death 
 
Example: from Motor Vehicle Crashes 
 
1) Ischemic Heart and Vascular Disease 7.4% 
 
2) Motor Vehicle Crashes 6.0% 
 
3) Certain Conditions Originating in the 
 
Perinatal Period 5.0% 
 
4) Lung Cancer 4.9% 
 
5) Suicide 4.8% 
 
6) Accidental Poisoning and Exposure to 
 
Noxious Substances 4.6% 
 
7) Homicide 3.7% 
 
White males ages 20-24 account 
 
8) Essential (Primary) Hypertension and for 5% of all deaths of white and 
 
Hypertensive Renal & Heart 
 
black people of all ages 
 
Disease 3.2% 
 
9) Stroke 2.8% 
 
10) Diabetes 2.8% 
 
Age 75 Line 
 
Created: July 2013 Source: Department of Public Health Publication # DPH05/112HW