The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 5.12
Summary of Estimated Productivity Losses in the Workforce Due to Alcohol and Drug Disorders, 1992
| Gender Group |
Nature of Impact |
Basis for Estimate |
Labor Market Status/ Diagnosis |
No. of Persons With Loss
(in millions) |
Size of Impact
(percent) |
Cost to Society
(billions of dollars) |
| ALCOHOL DISORDERS |
| Males |
Lower wages/ productivity |
Regression 5 |
Employed, ever alcohol dependent - 1st drink by age 15 |
2.117 |
13.1* |
23.631 |
| Males |
Lower wages/ productivity |
Regression 5 |
Employed, ever alcohol dependent - 1st drink after age 14 |
11.489 |
4.4* |
43.075 |
| Females |
No statistically significant impacts |
| Subtotal, Alcohol |
13.569 |
|
$66.706 |
| DRUG DISORDERS |
| Males |
Lower wages/ productivity |
Regression 5 |
Employed, ever drug dependent |
2.855 |
9.4* |
$10.538 |
| Females |
Excess unemployment |
Regression 7 |
Unemployed, ever drug dependent |
.136 |
7.1* |
$3.677 |
| Subtotal, Drug Abuse |
3.006 |
|
$14.205 |
| TOTAL |
16.575 |
|
$80.911 |
*These estimates are from the regression analysis above. They were not directly used in development of the cost estimates on this table. A microsimulation technique was employed that estimated expected earnings and/or employment for the alcohol- and drug-dependent populations, respectively, when dependent and not affected by alcohol or drug dependence.
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