Formula	Malaria DALY Calculations and weightings		Assumption and source
	Uncomplicated	Severe
	DALYs	DALYs
C	0.1658	0.1658
K	0	0	No age weighting applied
r	0.03	0.03	A discount rate of 3% applied
a	2.5	2.5	Mid point between sample cohort of 0–5
B	0	0	No age weighting applied
LD (7 or 30 days)	0.019178082	0.082191781	The assumed duration of an uncomplicated malaria episodes was 7 days, expressed in years (7/365) and a severe episode, 30 days, expressed in years (30/365)
D	0.006	0.133	IHME, GBD 2016–2017 (based on 2015 estimates at the most recent weightings available)
Life expectancy	72	72	According to the Global Health Observatory 72.0 years was the average life expectancy at birth of the global population in 2016 https://www.who.int/gho/mortality_burden_disease/life_tables/situation_trends/en/
CFR malaria	0.3%	0.3%	WHO Health Information 2015—Indicators https://www.who.int/healthinfo/indicators/2015/chi_2015_33_mortality_malaria.pdf
DALY per episode using the above parameters
YLD	0.019	0.082
YLL		30.31

The total number of DALYs was calculated by multiplying the DALYs weights with the annual sum of clinical and severe episodes predicted in the epidemiological model