Keywords: Disability Adjusted Life Year Weight Plot.svg en Plot of the arbitrary formula used to discount years of life for the young and old in policy decisions Year of life against weights using the reationship y 0 1658 year e -0 04 year Svg made with matplotlib for python - Some studies use DALYs calculated to place greater value on a year lived as a young adult This formula produces average values around age 10 and age 55 a peak around age 25 and lowest values among very young children and very old people Comparable to Figure 3 1 in this WHO report http //www who int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/en/9241546204chap3 pdf 2012-01-10 own Martin Strand Uploaded with UploadWizard Public health Healthcare statistics United Nations World Health Organization |