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Table 1 Life expectancy, health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), health system costs, and estimated maximum intervention cost (EMIC) at different discount rates

From: How much might a society spend on life-saving interventions at different ages while remaining cost-effective? A case study in a country with detailed data

Age group

Life expectancy (years)

HALE (years)

Future (public) health system costs per individuala per year (in thousands NZ$)

EMIC at a cost-effectiveness threshold of NZ$45,000 per HALY (in thousands NZ$)

Discount rate:

0 %

0 %

3 %

6 %

0 %

3 %

6 %

0 %

3 %

6 %

0-4

88.2

75.8

28.8

16.4

$209

$42

$17

$3,236

$1,288

$757

5-9

82.8

70.7

28.0

16.2

$203

$43

$17

$3,011

$1,274

$746

10-14

77.4

65.5

27.2

15.9

$198

$47

$19

$2,788

$1,237

$734

15-19

71.9

60.4

26.2

15.5

$193

$51

$21

$2,544

$1,172

$695

20-24

66.6

55.6

25.4

15.3

$187

$54

$23

$2,335

$1,133

$682

25-29

61.4

50.9

24.4

15.0

$181

$57

$26

$2,134

$1,093

$672

30-34

56.2

46.2

23.3

14.6

$174

$61

$28

$1,936

$1,050

$662

35-39

51.0

41.5

22.1

14.2

$168

$64

$31

$1,733

$994

$640

40-44

45.8

36.9

20.8

13.7

$161

$68

$35

$1,538

$936

$618

45-49

40.6

32.4

19.2

13.1

$154

$73

$40

$1,341

$865

$584

50-54

35.7

28.1

17.6

12.3

$147

$76

$45

$1,153

$789

$546

55-59

30.8

23.8

15.7

11.4

$139

$79

$51

$972

$707

$500

60-64

26.1

19.7

13.7

10.2

$129

$81

$55

$795

$612

$441

65-69

21.6

15.9

11.6

9.0

$117

$80

$58

$637

$521

$384

70-74

17.2

12.4

9.5

7.6

$101

$74

$57

$490

$424

$320

75-79

13.0

9.1

7.4

6.1

$82

$65

$53

$357

$327

$252

80-84

9.3

6.3

5.4

4.6

$64

$53

$46

$245

$235

$186

85-89

6.3

4.2

3.7

3.3

$46

$40

$36

$162

$161

$132

90-94

4.1

2.7

2.5

2.3

$31

$28

$26

$106

$108

$92

  1. a Calculated at the midpoint of each age group, i.e., 2, 7, …, 92 years