Table 2.

Parameters used for estimation of DALYs for malaria in Gwanda District of Zimbabwe.

Parameter	Data Required	Data Source	Comments
YLL	Number of deaths	Health facility records and health information system	Total deaths from 2013–2015 for individual DALYs and 2011–April 2015 for district level DALYs
	Zimbabwean life expectancy at age of death	WHO life tables for Zimbabwe (2013)	Obtained from the WHO website [32]
YLD	Disability weight	WHO Life Tables	Obtained from the WHO website [38]
	Duration of illness until remission or death (years)	Health facility records	Average duration of malaria until remission was 7 days (0.02 years)
	Number of incident cases	Health information system