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Assuming the weight of the evidence suggests a causal relation between exposure and disease, we can use epidemiologic data to quantify the impact of exposure. Direct measures of exposure effects on incidence time, such as the expected years of life lost (YLL), may be used when asking how much earlier a case occurs in time 't'.