[cost2.htm, dated 12/97]
|
Types of Costs |
Alcohol Abuse |
Other Drug Abuse |
Mental Illness |
Total[e] |
|
Core costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Direct |
|
|
|
|
|
Treatment |
9,487 |
1,200 |
20,961 |
31,647 |
|
Support |
984 |
243 |
2,597 |
3,823 |
|
Indirect |
|
|
|
|
|
Mortality[a] |
14,456 |
1,980 |
7,196 |
23,632 |
|
Morbidity[b] |
54,680 |
26,028 |
21,664 |
102,372 |
|
Reduced productivity[c] |
(50,575) |
(25,716) |
(3,122) |
(79,413) |
|
Lost employment |
(4,105) |
(312) |
(18,542) |
(22,959) |
|
|
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|
Total[e] |
79,607 |
29,451 |
52,418 |
161,476 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other related costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Direct |
|
|
|
|
|
Motor vehicle crashes (property loss)
|
2,185 |
[d] |
- |
2,185 |
|
Crime[b] |
2,347 |
5,910 |
870 |
9,127 |
|
Public |
(2,062) |
(4,454) |
(635) |
(7,151) |
|
Private |
(261) |
(1,345) |
(235) |
(1,841) |
|
Property loss/damage |
(24) |
(111) |
(-) |
(135) |
|
Social welfare programs |
38 |
2 |
201 |
241 |
|
Other |
2,912 |
537 |
659 |
4,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indirect |
|
|
|
|
|
Victims of crime |
172 |
845 |
- |
1,017 |
|
Crime careers |
- |
8,725 |
- |
8,725 |
|
Incarceration |
1,801 |
1,466 |
88 |
3,356 |
|
Motor vehicle crashes (time loss) |
464 |
[d] |
- |
464 |
|
|
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|
Total[e] |
9,919 |
17,485 |
1,818 |
29,222 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Total[c,e] |
89,526 |
46,936 |
54,236 |
190,698 |
SOURCE: Adapted from Harwood, H.; Napolitano, D.M.; Christensen, P.L.; and Collins, J.J. ECONOMIC COSTS TO SOCIETY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL ILLNESS, 1980. Report to Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration. Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute, 1984.
[a] At 6 percent discount rate.
[b] Components are indicated in parentheses.
[c] Total costs for each of the three disorders are not comparable because the completeness of data available for each category varied significantly. For example, the estimate of reduced productivity is relatively complete for alcohol abuse, partially complete for drug abuse, and incomplete for mental illness.
[d] Although costs are hypothesized to occur in this category, data are insufficient for a reliable estimate.
[e] Totals may not add exactly because of rounding.