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|
Economic Costs |
Total ($) |
Alcohol ($) |
Drugs ($) |
|
Health Care Expenditures |
|
|
|
|
Alcohol and drug abuse services |
9,973 |
5,573 |
4,400 |
|
Medical consequences |
18,778 |
13,247 |
5,531 |
|
Total, Health Care Expenditures |
28,751 |
18,820 |
9,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Productivity Effects (Lost Earnings)
|
|
|
|
|
Premature
death |
45,902 |
31,327 |
14,575 |
|
Impaired productivity |
82,201 |
67,696 |
14,205 |
|
Institutionalized
populations |
2,990 |
1,513 |
1,477 |
|
Incarceration |
23,356 |
5,449 |
17,907 |
|
Crime careers |
19,198 |
-- |
19,198 |
|
Victims of crime
|
3,071 |
1,012 |
2,059 |
|
Total,
Productivity Effects
|
176,418 |
106,997 |
69,421 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Effects on Society |
|
|
|
|
Crime |
24,282 |
6,312 |
17,970 |
|
Social welfare administration |
1,020 |
683 |
337 |
|
Motor vehicle crashes |
13,619 |
13,619 |
-- |
|
Fire destruction |
1,590 |
1,590 |
-- |
|
Total, Other Effects on Society |
40,511 |
22,204 |
18,307 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Grand Total |
245,680 |
148,021 |
97,659 |
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Source: THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1992. H. Harwood, D. Fountain, and G. Livermore. Analysis by the Lewin Group. Rockville, MD: DHHS, NIH, NIDA, OSPC, NIAAA, OPA. NIH Publication No. 98-4327, Printed September 1998.