The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992
Table 7.2
Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse, 1992 (millions of dollars)
|
Total Cost |
Abuser and Household |
Total |
Government |
Private Insurance |
Victims of Abusers |
|
Federal |
State/Local |
| HEALTH CARE COSTS |
Alcohol treatment - community |
$3,609 |
413 |
2,323 |
1,083 |
1,241 |
873 |
|
Alcohol treatment - Federal |
$437 |
|
437 |
437 |
|
|
|
Alcohol prevention |
$1,088 |
|
1,088 |
923 |
165 |
|
|
Alcohol research, training |
$257 |
|
257 |
218 |
39 |
|
|
Alcohol treatment insurance admin. |
$182 |
|
132 |
62 |
71 |
50 |
|
Treatment of comorbidity |
$12,611 |
2,338 |
5,347 |
4,048 |
1,299 |
4,666 |
260 |
Comorbidity insurance admin. |
$641 |
|
340 |
257 |
83 |
296 |
|
| PRODUCTIVITY COSTS |
| Mortality - PDV1 life earnings @ 6% |
$31,327 |
14,580 |
9,584 |
5,463 |
4,121 |
1,278 |
5,880 |
| Morbidity - lost earnings |
$69,209 |
44,243 |
24,966 |
15,861 |
9,104 |
|
|
| Victims of crime - lost earnings |
$1,012 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,012 |
| Incarceration - inmate lost earnings |
$5,449 |
4,032 |
1,471 |
808 |
609 |
|
|
| Crime career - foregone legit. Earnings |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OTHER EFFECTS ON SOCIETY |
| Crime - criminal justice system and property |
$6,312 |
68 |
6,216 |
290 |
5,926 |
|
28 |
| Social welfare administration |
$683 |
|
683 |
549 |
134 |
|
|
| Motor vehicle crashes |
$13,619 |
1,149 |
4,390 |
|
4,390 |
6,552 |
1,531 |
| Fire destruction |
$1,590 |
|
|
|
|
1,431 |
159 |
| TOTAL |
$148,021 |
66,828 |
57,181 |
29,999 |
27,181 |
15,146 |
8,870 |
Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
1"PDV" refers to the present discounted value of life earnings, calculated using a 6-percent discount rate.
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