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Table 2 Calculating DALY(3, 0) for a women who develops bipolar disorder on 35th birthday, lives 10 years, and life-expectancy at age 45 is 34.73 years, with annual discounting as 1/(1 + r) t

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

Which

t

Year lost (either

Discrete time

Discounted

year

 

disability weight

discount

year lost

was lost

 

or death)

factor

 

36

0

0.6

1.000

0.600

37

1

0.6

0.971

0.583

38

2

0.6

0.943

0.566

39

3

0.6

0.915

0.549

40

4

0.6

0.888

0.533

41

5

0.6

0.863

0.518

42

6

0.6

0.837

0.502

43

7

0.6

0.813

0.488

44

8

0.6

0.789

0.474

45

9

0.6

0.766

0.460

46

10

1

0.744

0.744

47

11

1

0.722

0.722

48

12

1

0.701

0.701

49

13

1

0.681

0.681

50

14

1

0.661

0.661

51

15

1

0.642

0.642

52

16

1

0.623

0.623

53

17

1

0.605

0.605

54

18

1

0.587

0.587

55

19

1

0.570

0.570

56

20

1

0.554

0.554

57

21

1

0.538

0.538

58

22

1

0.522

0.522

59

23

1

0.507

0.507

60

24

1

0.492

0.492

61

25

1

0.478

0.478

62

26

1

0.464

0.464

63

27

1

0.450

0.450

64

28

1

0.437

0.437

65

29

1

0.424

0.424

66

30

1

0.412

0.412

67

31

1

0.400

0.400

68

32

1

0.388

0.388

69

33

1

0.377

0.377

70

34

1

0.366

0.366

71

35

1

0.355

0.355

72

36

1

0.345

0.345

73

37

1

0.335

0.335

74

38

1

0.325

0.325

75

39

1

0.316

0.316

76

40

1

0.307

0.307

77

41

1

0.298

0.298

78

42

1

0.289

0.289

79

43

1

0.281

0.281

80

44

0.73

0.272

0.199

 

Sum of

40.73

Sum of

21.666

 

years

 

discounted

 
 

lost

 

year lost

 
   

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