Implications of Variation in Choice of Age-Weight Parameter Beta on the Age-Weighting Function| Age-weight parameter Beta | 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 Beta 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 Beta = 0.04.