Table 5.2 Implications of Variation in Choice of Age-Weight Parameter b on the Age-Weighting Function,,,,,,
Age-weight parameter b,Age-weighta constant C,Maximum age weight,Age of maximum age weight,Age range for which age weight is > 1,,
0.02,0.0634,1.17,50.0,27.2–83.1,,
0.03,0.1051,1.29,33.3,14.9–63.0,,
0.04,0.1658,1.52,25.0,8.4–54.2,,
0.05,0.2487,1.83,20.0,5.2–50.7,,
0.06,0.3560,2.18,16.7,3.5–46.9,,
Source: Authors' calculations.,,,,,,
Note: This form of presentation was suggested by Mahapatra 2001.,,,,,,
"a. For values of b other than 0.04, the age-weight constant C was chosen so that total global DALYs(3,1) for 2001 were the same as for b = 0.04.",,,,,,