Table 3 Calculating YLL(3, 0) for a person who dies on their 55th birthday with age-specific life expectancy of 10 years, annual discounting as e -rt , and the continuous time adjustment factor
From: Calculating disability-adjusted-life-years lost (DALYs) in discrete-time
t | Year | Continuous | Adjusted | Discrete | Discounted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lost | time | year lost | time | and | |
adjustment | for | discount | adjusted | ||
factor | continuous | factor | year lost | ||
time | |||||
A | B | C = A*B | D = e-rt | E = C*D | |
0 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 1.000 | 0.9851 |
1 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.970 | 0.9560 |
2 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.942 | 0.9278 |
3 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.914 | 0.9004 |
4 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.887 | 0.8737 |
5 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.861 | 0.8479 |
6 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.835 | 0.8229 |
7 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.811 | 0.7985 |
8 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.787 | 0.7749 |
9 | 1 | 0.9851 | 0.985148882 | 0.763 | 0.7520 |
Sum | 10 | Sum of | 8.6394 | ||
of | discountedt | ||||
years | and adjusted | ||||
lost | years lost |