5. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses for Burden of Disease and Risk Factor Estimates

Figures

• 5.1 Age-Weighting Function Incorporated into the DALY
• 5.2 Effect of Age Weighting and Discounting on the YLL per Death at Various Ages for Females
• 5.3 Effect of Age Weighting and Discounting on the Male-Female Gap in YLL per Death
• 5.4 Effect on YLL per Death of Varying the Parameter Beta in the DALY Age-Weighting function
• 5.5 Effects of Changing the Discount Rate and Age Weighting on DALYs' Broad Cause and Age Composition, 2001
• 5.6 Relationship between the Rank Order of Causes of the Global Burden Using DALYs(3,1) and DALYs(3,0) in 2001
• 5.7 Relationship between the Rank Order of Causes of the Global Burden of Disease in 2001, Using Uniform Age Weights and 3 Percent Discounting and No Discounting
• 5.8 Effects of Changing the Discount Rate and Age Weighting on Global Rankings for the Top 20 Causes of the Burden of Disease, 2001
• 5.9 Effects of Changes in Key DALY Parameters on Proportion of the Global Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors
• 5.10 Effects of Changes in Key DALY Parameters on Proportion of the Regional Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• 5.11 Effects of Changes in Key DALY Parameters on Proportion of the Regional Disease Burden Attributable to Risk Factors for High-Income Countries
• 5.12 Uncertainty Ranges for Child and Adult Mortality for WHO Member States, 2001
• 5.13 Uncertainty in Average Life Expectancy at Birth, by Sex and DCPP Region, 2001
• 5.14 Sensitivity of Uncertainty Ranges to Changes in Between-Country Correlation Assumptions
• 5.15 Assumed 95 Percent Uncertainty Ranges for Disability Weights Based on Constant Variance Distribution for Logit of Disability Weight
• 5.16 Relative 95 Percent Uncertainty Ranges for Disability Weights Based on the Assumption of a Constant Variance Distribution for Logit of Disability Weight across All Disability Weights
• 5.17 Estimated 95 Percent Uncertainty in Total DALYs(3,0) Due to Uncertainty in Estimation of Disability Weights, Top 20 Causes, Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• 5.18 PAF Sensitivity to Exposure and Relative Risks

Tables

• 5.1 Standard Life Expectancies at Selected Exact Ages and Discounted YLL Due to a Death at Selected Ages
• 5.2 Implications of Variation in Choice of Age-Weight Parameter Beta on the Age-Weighting Function
• 5.3 Comparison of the Effects of Changing the Discount Rate (r) and the Age-Weighting Factor (K) on the Composition of DALYs(r, K), 2001
• 5.4 Effects of Changing the Discount Rate (r) and the Age-Weighting Factor (K) on the Second-Level Cause Group Composition of DALYs(r, K), 2001
  (percentages of total DALYs)
• 5.5 Estimated Total Deaths and 95 Percent Uncertainty Ranges for Selected Causes, by Region, 2001
  (thousands)
• 5.6 Estimated 95 Percent Uncertainty Ranges for YLD and DALYs Arising from Uncertainty in Disability Weights for Selected Causes for Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001
  (thousands)
• 5.7 Estimated 95 Percent Uncertainty Ranges Arising from Uncertainty in Disability Weights for the Top 40 Causes of the Burden of Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2001