Table 1 |
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Two approaches to mortality measurement: the PYLL and the Headcount |
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Case |
The PYLL metric |
The count metric |
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(Given life expectancy US white women, 1940s, of 69 years) |
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Death of white woman, aged 24 |
45 years of life |
1 death |
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Death of white woman, aged 62 |
7 years of life |
1 death |
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Source: Adapted from Dempsey[20] |
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Doessel et al. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2010 7:3 doi:10.1186/1743-8462-7-3 |
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