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. 2021 Feb 21;24(5):615–624. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.12.009

Table 2.

The burden of COVID-19 in China in real-world and different simulation scenarios.

Age Cases Deaths YLDs YLLs

DALYs

Undiscounted Discounted Undiscounted Discounted
Real-world
0~ 753 0 0 0 - 0 0
10~ 1004 3 0 208 97 209 97
20~ 6776 23 2 1231 634 1233 636
30~ 14 221 60 338 2584 1486 2921 1823
40~ 16 061 124 172 4129 2664 4301 2836
50~ 18 738 425 228 10 266 7445 10 494 7673
60~ 16 061 1010 338 16 033 12 987 16 371 13 326
70~ 7361 1020 58 9622 8522 9680 8580
80~ 2677 679 1 3593 3376 3594 3376
Total 83 650 3345 1137 47 666 37 211 48 803 38 348
Scenario A: delay 1 week
0~ 4167 0 1 - 0 1 1
10~ 5556 12 2 748 347 749 348
20~ 37 503 84 12 4415 2274 4427 2286
Age Cases Deaths YLDs YLLs

DALYs

Undiscounted Discounted Undiscounted Discounted
30~ 78 710 216 1869 9269 5330 11 138 7199
40~ 88 896 444 950 14 813 9558 15 763 10 508
50~ 103 712 1524 1262 36 828 26 710 38 090 27 972
60~ 88 896 3624 1872 57 517 46 591 59 389 48 464
70~ 40 744 3660 320 34 518 30 572 34 839 30 892
80~ 14 816 2436 5 12 890 12 109 12 894 12 114
Total 463 000 12 000 6293 170 998 133 491 177 291 139 784
Scenario B: delay 2 weeks
0~ 21 024 0 7 - - 7 7
10~ 28 032 36 9 2243 1040 2252 1049
20~ 189 216 252 59 13 245 6822 13 304 6881
30~ 397 120 648 9431 27 806 15 990 37 237 25 421
40~ 448 512 1332 4794 44 439 28 674 49 232 33 467
50~ 523 264 4572 6368 110 484 80 129 116 852 86 497
60~ 448 512 10 872 9447 172 551 139 774 181 998 149 220
70~ 205 568 10 980 1615 103 555 91 716 105 170 93 331
Age Cases Deaths YLDs YLLs

DALYs

Undiscounted Discounted Undiscounted Discounted
80~ 74 752 7308 23 38 669 36 328 38 693 36 352
Total 2 336 000 36 000 31 752 512 993 400 473 544 745 432 225
Scenario C: delay 4 weeks
0~ 339 615 0 106 - 0 106 106
10~ 452 820 291 142 18 132 8407 18 273 8549
20~ 3 056 535 2037 955 107 064 55 146 108 019 56 102
30~ 6 414 950 5238 152 341 224 768 129 253 377 109 281 594
40~ 7 245 120 10 767 77 433 359 214 231 778 436 647 309 211
50~ 8 452 640 36 957 102 866 893 080 647 707 995 946 750 574
60~ 7 245 120 87 882 152 601 1 394 789 1 129 837 1 547 389 1 282 438
70~ 3 320 680 88 755 26 094 837 071 741 370 863 165 767 464
80~ 1 207 520 59 073 377 312 576 293 655 312 953 294 033
Total 37 735 000 291 000 512 916 4 146 693 3 237 153 4 659 608 3 750 069

DALY indicates disability-adjusted life-year; YLD, years lived with disability; YLL, years of life lost due to premature mortality.