The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 1.2
Updated Cost Estimates: 1992 Estimates and Inflation- and Population-Adjusted Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for 1995
(millions of current-year dollars)
| |
Alcohol |
Drugs |
| |
1992 |
1995 |
1992 |
1995 |
|
Health Care Expenditures |
|
Specialty alcohol and drug services |
$5,573 |
$6,660 |
$4,400 |
$5,258 |
|
Medical consequences |
$13,247 |
$15,830 |
$5,531 |
$6,623 |
|
Productivity Impacts |
|
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 |
|
Other Impacts |
|
Crashes, fires, criminal justice, etc. |
$22,204 |
$24,752 |
$18,307 |
$20,407 |
|
Total |
$148,021 |
$166,543 |
$97,659 |
$109,832 |
Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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