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Table 5 Calculation of Population QALY Weights

From: Assessing the social cost and benefits of a national requirement establishing antibiotic stewardship programs to prevent Clostridioides difficile infection in US hospitals

Age (years)

Female Probability of dying between ages x and x + 1a

Male Probability of dying between ages x and x + 1b

Females

Males

Weighted Population QALY (F_QALY + M_QALY)

q x

q x

SF-6D

Age_QALY

Pop_WT

F_QALY

SF-6D

Age_QALY

Pop_WT

M_QALY

Pop_QALY

40–41

0.001299

0.002105

0.770

0.769

0.508

0.391

0.808

0.806

0.492

0.397

0.787

41–42

0.001403

0.002253

0.770

0.769

0.508

0.391

0.808

0.806

0.492

0.397

0.787

42–43

0.001523

0.002425

0.770

0.769

0.508

0.391

0.808

0.806

0.492

0.397

0.787

43–44

0.001663

0.002631

0.770

0.769

0.508

0.391

0.808

0.806

0.492

0.396

0.787

44–45

0.001827

0.002875

0.770

0.769

0.508

0.390

0.808

0.806

0.492

0.396

0.787

45–46

0.002004

0.003143

0.770

0.768

0.510

0.392

0.808

0.805

0.490

0.395

0.787

46–47

0.002197

0.003443

0.770

0.768

0.510

0.392

0.808

0.805

0.490

0.395

0.786

47–48

0.002421

0.003798

0.770

0.768

0.510

0.392

0.808

0.805

0.490

0.394

0.786

48–49

0.002674

0.004205

0.770

0.768

0.510

0.392

0.808

0.805

0.490

0.394

0.786

49–50

0.002941

0.004645

0.770

0.768

0.510

0.392

0.808

0.804

0.490

0.394

0.786

50–51

0.003212

0.005090

0.756

0.754

0.512

0.386

0.787

0.783

0.488

0.382

0.768

51–52

0.003484

0.005541

0.756

0.753

0.512

0.386

0.787

0.783

0.488

0.382

0.768

52–53

0.003760

0.006026

0.756

0.753

0.512

0.386

0.787

0.782

0.488

0.382

0.767

53–54

0.004046

0.006565

0.756

0.753

0.512

0.385

0.787

0.782

0.488

0.382

0.767

54–55

0.004351

0.007158

0.756

0.753

0.512

0.385

0.787

0.781

0.488

0.381

0.767

55–56

0.004680

0.007794

0.756

0.752

0.516

0.389

0.787

0.781

0.484

0.378

0.766

56–57

0.005028

0.008451

0.756

0.752

0.516

0.388

0.787

0.780

0.484

0.377

0.766

57–58

0.005391

0.009124

0.756

0.752

0.516

0.388

0.787

0.780

0.484

0.377

0.765

58–59

0.005766

0.009803

0.756

0.752

0.516

0.388

0.787

0.779

0.484

0.377

0.765

59–60

0.006166

0.010500

0.756

0.751

0.516

0.388

0.787

0.779

0.484

0.377

0.765

60–61

0.006598

0.011256

0.756

0.751

0.533

0.400

0.781

0.772

0.467

0.361

0.761

61–62

0.007083

0.012076

0.756

0.751

0.533

0.400

0.781

0.772

0.467

0.360

0.760

62–63

0.007638

0.012921

0.756

0.750

0.533

0.400

0.781

0.771

0.467

0.360

0.760

63–64

0.008279

0.013773

0.756

0.750

0.533

0.400

0.781

0.770

0.467

0.360

0.759

64–65

0.009003

0.014646

0.756

0.749

0.533

0.399

0.781

0.770

0.467

0.359

0.759

65–66

0.009813

0.015569

0.756

0.749

0.522

0.391

0.781

0.769

0.478

0.367

0.758

66–67

0.010703

0.016603

0.756

0.748

0.522

0.390

0.781

0.768

0.478

0.367

0.758

67–68

0.011675

0.017800

0.756

0.747

0.522

0.390

0.781

0.767

0.478

0.367

0.757

68–69

0.012753

0.019228

0.756

0.746

0.522

0.390

0.781

0.766

0.478

0.366

0.756

69–70

0.013958

0.020906

0.756

0.745

0.522

0.389

0.781

0.765

0.478

0.365

0.755

70–71

0.015325

0.022826

0.738

0.727

0.542

0.394

0.757

0.740

0.458

0.339

0.733

71–72

0.016892

0.024998

0.738

0.726

0.542

0.393

0.757

0.738

0.458

0.338

0.731

72–73

0.018650

0.027356

0.738

0.724

0.542

0.392

0.757

0.736

0.458

0.337

0.730

73–74

0.020487

0.029913

0.738

0.723

0.542

0.392

0.757

0.734

0.458

0.337

0.728

74–75

0.022554

0.032679

0.738

0.721

0.542

0.391

0.757

0.732

0.458

0.336

0.726

75–76

0.024831

0.035524

0.738

0.720

0.574

0.413

0.757

0.730

0.426

0.311

0.724

76–77

0.027514

0.039010

0.738

0.718

0.574

0.412

0.757

0.727

0.426

0.310

0.722

77–78

0.030684

0.043116

0.738

0.715

0.574

0.411

0.757

0.724

0.426

0.308

0.719

78–79

0.034250

0.047647

0.738

0.713

0.574

0.409

0.757

0.721

0.426

0.307

0.716

79–80

0.038265

0.052626

0.738

0.710

0.574

0.408

0.757

0.717

0.426

0.305

0.713

80–81

0.042554

0.058301

0.698

0.668

0.563

0.376

0.725

0.683

0.437

0.299

0.675

81–82

0.047066

0.064637

0.698

0.665

0.563

0.374

0.725

0.678

0.437

0.297

0.671

82–83

0.052561

0.071412

0.698

0.661

0.563

0.372

0.725

0.673

0.437

0.295

0.667

83–84

0.058864

0.079031

0.698

0.657

0.563

0.370

0.725

0.668

0.437

0.292

0.662

84–85

0.066285

0.087905

0.698

0.652

0.563

0.367

0.725

0.661

0.437

0.289

0.656

85–86

0.074167

0.098958

0.698

0.646

0.628

0.406

0.725

0.653

0.372

0.243

0.649

86–87

0.083469

0.110149

0.698

0.640

0.628

0.402

0.725

0.645

0.372

0.240

0.642

87–88

0.093753

0.122333

0.698

0.633

0.628

0.397

0.725

0.636

0.372

0.237

0.634

88–89

0.105076

0.135536

0.698

0.625

0.628

0.392

0.725

0.627

0.372

0.233

0.625

89–90

0.117487

0.149773

0.698

0.616

0.628

0.387

0.725

0.616

0.372

0.229

0.616

  1. a,b NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
  2. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_03.pdf