Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine
Persistently Elevated Atopic Dermatitis Burden in the Turkish Population: A 34-Year Cross-National Analysis Using Global Burden of Disease 2023 Data
By Ece Çelik.
Abstract
Aim
Atopic dermatitis is the most burdensome skin disease worldwide, but its cross-national burden pattern is not fully characterized in Eastern Mediterranean countries such as Türkiye.
Methods
Age-standardized disability-adjusted life-year rates for atopic dermatitis were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease 2023 study for Türkiye, the global average, Greece, Bulgaria, and Germany for 1990–2023, and temporal trends and Türkiye-to-global ratios were calculated using Python 3.12.