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Table 1 Disability weights for stroke at each disability level, South Africa

From: Disease burden of stroke in rural South Africa: an estimate of incidence, mortality and disability adjusted life years

GBD 2010 stroke sequale

Definition of score

% of stroke population in SA (Hoffman et al. 2000 [26])

Disability weight associated with score (95% CI)

0

No symptoms

2

0

1

long-term consequences, mild

40

0.021 (0.011-0.037)

2

long-term consequences, moderate

23

0.076 (0.050-0.110)

3

long-term consequences, moderate plus cognition problems

12

0.312 (0.363-0.705)

4

long-term consequences, severe

15

0.539 (0.363-0.705)

5

long-term consequences, severe plus cognition problems

8

0.567 (0.394-0.738)

  1. Weighted average disability weight across all disability levels: 0.18.