Table 1.

Life expectancy, health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), health system costs, and estimated maximum intervention cost (EMIC) at different discount rates

Age group	Life expectancy (years)	HALE (years)			Future (public) health system costs per individuala per year (in thousands NZ$)			EMIC at a cost-effectiveness threshold of NZ$45,000 per HALY (in thousands NZ$)
Discount rate:	0 %	0 %	3 %	6 %	0 %	3 %	6 %	0 %	3 %	6 %
0-4	88.2	75.8	28.8	16.4	$209	$42	$17	$3,236	$1,288	$757
5-9	82.8	70.7	28.0	16.2	$203	$43	$17	$3,011	$1,274	$746
10-14	77.4	65.5	27.2	15.9	$198	$47	$19	$2,788	$1,237	$734
15-19	71.9	60.4	26.2	15.5	$193	$51	$21	$2,544	$1,172	$695
20-24	66.6	55.6	25.4	15.3	$187	$54	$23	$2,335	$1,133	$682
25-29	61.4	50.9	24.4	15.0	$181	$57	$26	$2,134	$1,093	$672
30-34	56.2	46.2	23.3	14.6	$174	$61	$28	$1,936	$1,050	$662
35-39	51.0	41.5	22.1	14.2	$168	$64	$31	$1,733	$994	$640
40-44	45.8	36.9	20.8	13.7	$161	$68	$35	$1,538	$936	$618
45-49	40.6	32.4	19.2	13.1	$154	$73	$40	$1,341	$865	$584
50-54	35.7	28.1	17.6	12.3	$147	$76	$45	$1,153	$789	$546
55-59	30.8	23.8	15.7	11.4	$139	$79	$51	$972	$707	$500
60-64	26.1	19.7	13.7	10.2	$129	$81	$55	$795	$612	$441
65-69	21.6	15.9	11.6	9.0	$117	$80	$58	$637	$521	$384
70-74	17.2	12.4	9.5	7.6	$101	$74	$57	$490	$424	$320
75-79	13.0	9.1	7.4	6.1	$82	$65	$53	$357	$327	$252
80-84	9.3	6.3	5.4	4.6	$64	$53	$46	$245	$235	$186
85-89	6.3	4.2	3.7	3.3	$46	$40	$36	$162	$161	$132
90-94	4.1	2.7	2.5	2.3	$31	$28	$26	$106	$108	$92

^a Calculated at the midpoint of each age group, i.e., 2, 7, …, 92 years