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Table 2 A comparison of fiscal value of human lives lost from COVID-19 in China: assuming China’s and world’s highest life expectancies (in 2020 Int$ or PPP)

From: The fiscal value of human lives lost from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China

Age group

Fiscal value of human lives lost at 3% discount rate and assuming the China’s average life expectancy of 76.4 years (Int$)

Fiscal value of human lives lost at 3% discount rate and assuming world’s highest life expectancy of 87.1 years (Int$)

25–49 years

584,440,699

659,302,851

50–64 years

256,924,436

351,570,998

65 years and above

82,981,659

142,929,376

Total

924,346,795

1,153,803,224

Average fiscal value per death

356,203

444,626

Average fiscal value per person in population

0.655895

0.819