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|
Category |
Alcohol |
Drugs |
|
1992 |
1995 |
1992 |
1995 |
|
Specialty alcohol & drug services
|
5,573 |
6,660 |
4,400 |
5,258 |
|
Medical consequences
|
13,247 |
15,830 |
5,531 |
6,623 |
|
Lost earnings--premature death
|
31,327 |
34,921 |
14,575 |
16,247 |
|
Lost earnings--illness
|
69,209 |
77,150 |
15,682 |
17,481 |
|
Lost earnings--crime/victims
|
6,461 |
7,231 |
39,164 |
43,829 |
|
Crashes, fires, criminal justice, etc. |
22,204 |
24,752 |
18,307 |
20,407 |
|
|
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|
Total |
148,021 |
166,543 |
97,659 |
109,832 |
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1992. Analysis by the Lewin Group, Harwood, H.; Fountain, D.; and Livermore, G. Bethesda, MD: DHHS, NIH, NIH Publication No. 98-4327 (September 1998)
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.