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Table 1 Calculating YLL(3, 0) for a person who dies on their 55 th birthday with age-specific life expectancy of 10 years with annual discounting as 1/(1+r) t

From: Calculating disability-adjusted-life-years lost (DALYs) in discrete-time

Which year

t

Year

Discrete time

Discounted

was lost

 

lost

discount factor

year lost

  

A

B = 1/(1 + 0.03)t

C = A*B

56

0

1

1.000

1.000

57

1

1

0.971

0.971

58

2

1

0.943

0.943

59

3

1

0.915

0.915

60

4

1

0.888

0.888

61

5

1

0.863

0.863

62

6

1

0.837

0.837

63

7

1

0.813

0.813

64

8

1

0.789

0.789

65

9

1

0.766

0.766

 

Sum of

10

Sum of discounted

8.786

 

years lost

 

year lost column