Summary of assumptions and sources used to convert incidents of abuse into disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
| Transforming incidents of abuse averted to DALYs averted | Physical abuse (n/%) | Emotional abuse (n/%) |
| 1. Absolute DALYs lost due to abuse in South Africa in 201512 | 1 420 744 | 786 560 |
| 2. Population of children under 1845 | 18 526 600 | |
| 3. Incidence of past-year abuse46 | 18.6% | 12.1% |
| 4. No of incidents of abuse (calculation: 2×3) | 3 445 948 | 2 241 719 |
| 5. DALYs lost/incident abuse (calculation: 1/4) | 0.412 | 0.351 |