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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Tertiary Prevention: Prevention of disability, poor quality of life, and death in persons with advanced stages of a disease. Years Lived with Disability (YLD): The number of years lived with a disability or non-fatal health outcomes. Years of Life Lost (YLL): The number of life years lost prior to a given age of expected survival, usually 65 years. Definitions for this glossary were compiled from the following sources: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 28th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1994. Medicine.Net. Medical terms and glossary. Available at http://www.medicinenet.com, 2001. Medline plus (date of last update March 18, 2000). Available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/.
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