DALYoptions {DALY}

Open the ‘Options’ window

Description

This function opens the ‘Options’ window of the DALY Calculator.

Usage

DALYoptions()

Details

The following settings can be modified in the ‘options’ window:

• Iterations: the default number of iterations is 20,000

• Numerical output: the standard output contains a summary of DALYs, YLDs, YLLs, incident cases and deaths. Different options are available:

  • “Summed over age/sex classes” OR “Per age/sex class”

  • “Summed over outcomes” OR “Per outcome”

  • “Absolute” OR “Relative (per 1000 pop)”

• Graphical output: the user can specficy whether or not to view a standardized DALY histogram (see hist.DALY).

Author(s)

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See Also

The numerical output methods for class 'DALY': print.DALY, summary.DALY
The graphical output method for class 'DALY': hist.DALY
The aggregator method for class 'DALY': aggregate.DALY

DALYcalculator (for a brief description of the DALY Calculator)
DALYmanual (for a more comprehensive overview)