Table 6.
Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) caused by iron-deficiency anaemia, vitamin A deficiency and iodine deficiency that are averted by the price subsidy on fortified packaged complementary foods among 6–23-month-old children from Faisalabad and Hyderabad districts, Pakistan
| Highest SES decile eligible | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SES1 | SES2 | SES3 | SES4 | SES5 | SES6 | SES7 | SES8 | SES9 | SES10 | |
| (a) | ||||||||||
| 20 % subsidy | 0·5 | 0·9 | 1·3 | 1·7 | 2·0 | 2·3 | 2·8 | 3·1 | 3·3 | 3·4 |
| 30 % subsidy | 0·8 | 1·3 | 1·8 | 2·3 | 2·8 | 3·3 | 4·0 | 4·5 | 4·8 | 4·9 |
| 40 % subsidy | 1·1 | 1·8 | 2·5 | 3·1 | 3·7 | 4·4 | 5·4 | 5·9 | 6·3 | 6·5 |
| 50 % subsidy | 1·3 | 2·2 | 3·1 | 4·0 | 4·7 | 5·6 | 6·7 | 7·4 | 7·9 | 8·1 |
| 60 % subsidy | 1·5 | 2·6 | 3·6 | 4·6 | 5·4 | 6·5 | 7·8 | 8·6 | 9·2 | 9·5 |
| 70 % subsidy | 1·7 | 3·0 | 4·1 | 5·3 | 6·2 | 7·4 | 8·9 | 9·8 | 10·5 | 10·8 |
| 80 % subsidy | 1·9 | 3·3 | 4·6 | 5·9 | 6·9 | 8·2 | 9·9 | 10·9 | 11·6 | 12·0 |
| (b) | ||||||||||
| 75 g/d for free | 5·0 | 8·4 | 11·5 | 14·8 | 17·5 | 20·4 | 23·6 | 26·0 | 28·2 | 29·9 |
| 75 g/d for free if no non-buyers | 6·5 | 11·8 | 16·0 | 20·7 | 24·4 | 28·3 | 32·5 | 36·0 | 39·1 | 41·8 |
| % non-buyers | 29·3 | 44·8 | 34·6 | 38·8 | 35·3 | 31·9 | 32·6 | 42·4 | 42·8 | 45·9 |
SES, socio-economic status; FPCF, fortified packaged complementary foods.
Part (a) shows the percentage of DALY averted by interventions that differ in the size of the price subsidy and the SES eligible. Note that the values are cumulative as the columns represent the highest SES eligible. Part (b) shows the results for two ‘for free’ scenarios. The first row shows the results for a scenario in which all 6–23-month-old children living in a certain SES would be given 75 g FPCF/d for free in addition to the amount they already consumed. The last row of part (b) goes one step further by assuming 100 % compliance, i.e. that there are no non-buyer households. These results thus represent the maximum possible effect.