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. 2020 Mar 3;35(5):546–555. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czz152

Table 4.

Health benefits of one percent of total health spending and cost per DALY averteda (2002–2015)

Year Deaths averted YLL averted YLD averted DALYs averted Cost per DALY averted (current ZAR) Cost per DALY averted (2015 ZAR)
2002 1135 33 970 2608 36 578 9074.52 18 297.54
2003 1256 36 989 2090 39 079 9574.61 18 237.39
2004 1300 37 672 1908 39 580 10 236.07 19 230.90
2005 1337 38 363 1863 40 226 11 685.37 21 232.00
2006 1377 39 434 1888 41 321 12 983.12 22 543.60
2007 1366 39 207 2030 41 238 15 174.92 24 602.97
2008 1347 39 196 2284 41 480 18 209.60 26 469.43
2009 1297 38 418 2593 41 011 21 386.15 29 017.89
2010 1231 36 999 2984 39 983 24 501.26 31 887.08
2011 1141 34 862 3369 38 231 29 114.33 36 086.25
2012 1085 34 039 3965 38 004 32 242.24 37 824.74
2013 1042 33 282 4584 37 866 34 508.82 38 281.96
2014 1030 33 353 5205 38 557 36 534.68 38 210.98
2015 1047 34 177 5878 40 055 38 465.46 38 465.46
a

Details of data inputs used in estimating health benefits and cost per DALY averted are outlined in Table 1A of the Appendix.

YLL = years of life lost, YLD = years lived with disability; DALY = disability-adjusted life year.