Introduction

Question 1

What is DALY?

Answer 1

Disability Adjusted Life Year. It is a measure of overall disease burden. –> cumulative number of years lost due to ill healht, disability or early death.

Years lived with disability + Years life lost

Question 2

How is Years Life Lost calculated?

Answer 2

N x L
N = Number of deaths
L = standard life expectancy at age of death in years

Question 3

Policies with external safety get the focus, but air and noise pollution get ignored. Is this fair?

Answer 3

No, noise pollution and air pollution lead to much more DALY’s lost.

Question 4

What is noise?

Answer 4

An audible air pressure difference. They travel with different winds and temperatures.

Question 5

Higher temperature leads to a higher/lower soundlevel?

Answer 5

Higher, As the temperature rises, the air molecules gain kinetic energy, causing them to move more vigorously and spread out. –> higher sound levels

Question 6

Does wind have impact on radiation or not?

Answer 6

Almost not. Wind moves the radioactive material or substance. This substance then starts to radiate somewhere else.