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. 2021 Mar 9;32(4):938–949. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020081148

Table 2.

The estimated number of years of life lived, PALYs, and the broader economic cost (in terms of GDP) for the total Australian population of working age (15–69 yr) over 10 years (2020–2029), with and without kidney disease

Year Total Number of People Total Years of Life Lived Total PALYs Total Cost (US$)
Without Kidney Disease With Kidney Disease Without Kidney Disease With Kidney Disease Without Kidney Disease With Kidney Disease Without Kidney Disease With Kidney Disease
2020 17,599,628 456,576 16,646,273 433,166 10,309,192 185,679 1,412,207,817,948 25,435,292,555
2021 17,847,423 460,249 16,075,760 415,794 9,954,095 178,458 1,379,482,494,374 24,731,505,363
2022 18,104,021 464,311 15,528,105 399,335 9,608,890 171,573 1,347,008,202,560 24,051,725,470
2023 18,354,275 468,270 14,997,165 383,618 9,273,072 164,989 1,314,760,790,720 23,392,643,753
2024 18,599,258 472,345 14,477,030 368,498 8,945,994 158,672 1,282,692,412,421 22,750,688,112
2025 18,839,390 476,359 13,968,648 353,969 8,628,127 152,616 1,250,913,467,984 22,126,406,978
2026 19,066,116 479,990 13,469,368 339,830 8,318,138 146,752 1,219,272,676,710 21,510,920,823
2027 19,286,821 483,642 12,979,389 326,112 8,016,039 141,087 1,187,809,638,987 20,906,158,928
2028 19,505,990 487,194 12,503,096 312,905 7,723,433 135,648 1,156,802,227,248 20,317,186,776
2029 19,718,518 490,702 12,040,223 300,172 7,440,149 130,419 1,126,270,014,747 19,742,429,703
Total 186,921,439 4,739,638 142,685,055 3,633,398 88,217,129 1,565,894 12,677,219,743,699 224,964,958,461
Combined totala 191,661,077 146,318,452 89,783,023 12,902,184,702,161

Years of life lived, PALYs, and costs were subjected to an annual discount rate of 5% applied beyond the first year, and, therefore, represent discounted values. All analyses were estimated in 2020 Australian dollars and converted into US dollars using the purchasing power parity rate of 1.440 (2019 data).32

a

With and without kidney disease.