Results
In 2019, we estimated that 482 993 years of life (IC 95% 366 565- 690
294) were lost due to AB in infants under the age of 2 in Colombia; 99%
due to YLL (481 038 CI 95% 364 635 - 688 359). The estimated rate was
37.51 DALYs / 1000 person-year (95% CI 28.47 – 53.61). 51.14% (246
614 DALYs) occurred in male infants, and 61.9 % (298 914) of DALYs
affected infants between 1 to 2 years of age (Table 2 ).
Around 55% of DALYs were generated by AB with mild complications, 18%
AB with severe complications, 17% AB uncomplicated, and 12% AB with
long term complications, figure 1 . The rate of DALYs estimated
for AB with mild complications were 19 DALYs / 1000 person-year, 6 DALYs
/ 1000 person-year for AB with severe complications, 6 DALYs / 1000
person-year for AB uncomplicated and 3 DALYs / 1000 person-year for AB
with long term complications
The results were robust in the sensitivity analysis. The percentage of
change in the total estimate of DALYS did not exceed 25% with the
variables analyzed; being the probability of death in infants between
1-2 under the variable associated with the highest percentage of change
in the DALYs (between 5-25%, of the final estimate). There were no
significant variations in the discount rate, between 0 to 5%
(Figure 2 ).