The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019

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Table 3 Monetary value of years of life lost from Ebola Virus Disease in DRC discounted at 10% (2019 Int$ or PPP)

Age Group	MVYLL assuming DRC life expectancy & 10% discount rate¹	MVYLL assuming global average life expectancy of 72 years & 10% discount rate³	MVYLL assuming Japan female life expectancy of 87 years & 10% discount rate²
1–4	2,200,898	2,217,292	2,224,021
5–9	935,756	942,726	945,587
10–14	471,621	475,134	476,576
15–19	335,593	338,933	340,304
20–24	280,739	285,281	287,145
25–29	254,643	261,381	264,146
30–34	248,310	259,161	263,615
35–39	2,632,822	2,826,052	2,905,363
40–44	240,686	271,243	283,785
45–49	223,119	274,922	296,184
50–54	183,148	270,748	306,703
55–59	96,008	230,370	285,519
60–64	0	162,841	240,557
65–69	0	74,629	167,606
70–74	0	–	109,426
75–79	0	–	60,484
80–84	0	–	20,092
85–89	0	–	0
90–94	0	–	0
95+	0	–	0
TOTAL	8,103,344	8,890,713	9,477,112

¹DRC life expectancy 60.5 years and 10% discount rate; ²Japan female life expectancy of 87 years & 10% discount rate; ³Global average life expectancy of 72 years & 10% discount rate; minimum working age in DRC is 15 years, and thus, PYLL below 14 years were value at zero

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