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DALY (version 1.2.0)

DALYcalculator: DALY Calculator main window

Description

This function opens the main window of the DALY Calculator. After initiating the DALY Calculator main window, the following steps have to be followed to calculate DALYs:
  1. Set thePopulationtable
Set the Life Expectancy table - the default is the Coale and Demeny model life table West, level 25 and 26 Set the input parameters and corresponding distributions and stratification levels Set the age weighting and time discounting rates Calculate DALYs !

Usage

DALYcalculator()

Arguments

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  • DALY Calculator
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  • Load examplesloads one of the two built-in examples (throughsetDALYexample)

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  • Congenital toxoplasmosis and DALYs in the Netherlands (Kortbeek et al., 2009)
  • Options... opens the options window (through DALYoptions)
  • The burden of Congenital Toxoplasmosis in the Netherlands
  • Html help opens the HTML help file for the DALY Calculator (cf ?DALYcalculator)
  • DALY Calculator manual (PDF) opens the DALY Calculator Manual (through DALYmanual)
  • Package description opens the HTML help file for the DALY package (cf ?DALY)
  • DALY Calculator Info shows current version and developers core team

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  • DALY Calculator manual
  • Settings
  • Help

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  1. The burden of Neurocysticercosis in West-Cameroon

Details

The DALY Calculator provides the following three menu options: File
  • Load DALY data from file...reads population and epidemiological data from an .RData file (throughreadDALYdata)
Save DALY data to file... saves the population and epidemiological data to an .RData file (through saveDALYdata) Reset DALY calculator clears all entered data, and resets the DALY Calculator to its default settings, except for the life expectancy table (through reset) Exit exits the DALY Calculator, without saving the entered data

References

  • Praet N, Speybroeck N, Manzanedo R, Berkvens D, Nforninwe DN, Zoli A, Quet F, Preux P-M, Carabin H, Geerts S (2009). The disease burden ofTaenia soliumcysticercosis in Cameroon.PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3(3),e406.
Kortbeek LM, Hofhuis A, Nijhuis CDM, Havelaar AH (2009). Congenital toxoplasmosis and DALYs in the Netherlands. Memorias de Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 104(2), 370-373. http://users.ugent.be/~bdvleess/DALYcalculator

See Also

A (limited) command-line interface to the DALY Calculator is available through the following functions:
  • setPopopens thePopulationwindow
setLifeExp opens the Life Expectancy window setStdLE sets the standard life expectancy setData opens a Data window getDALY initiates the DALY calculation process and returns the simulated results