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Table 6 Share of each component included in the direct cost and indirect cost

From: The economic impact of alcohol consumption: a systematic review

Country/study Year

Total direct cost

Total indirect cost

 

Health care cost (%)

Crime and laws enforcement (%)

Property damage/loss (%)

Other direct cost

(%)

Reduced productivi-ty

(%)

Premature Mortality

(%)

Other indirect cost

(%)

Australia 1988 [6]

6.9

3.2

24.5

65.4

14.5

85.5

N.A.

Australia 1992 [6]

7.2

3.0

23.7

66.1

13.9

86.1

N.A.

Australia 1998-9 [7]

6.0

29.3

33.8

30.9

3.2

84.6

12.2

Canada 1992 [18]

38.4

40.1

15.3

6.2

33.8

66.2

N.A.

Canada 2002 [15]

44.5

41.4

12.3

1.8

0.6

13.0

86.4

Ontario 1992 [20]

35.6

42.1

16.0

6.3

37.8

62.2

N.A.

England and Wales 2001/2 [4]

22.7

24.2

33.3a

19.8

37.8

33.3

28.9

Finland 1990 [26]

28.0

16.6

13.5

41.9

4.2

95.8

N.A.

France 1997 [9]

31.8

0.6

40.0b

27.6

6.7

92.4

0.9

Germany 2002 [12]

83.7

N.A.

N.A.

16.3

17

68.8

14.2

Japan 1987 [14]

90.4

0.02

0.3

9.3

79.7

17.3

3.0

The Netherlands 2001[13]

13.5

8.1

54.0c

24.4

19.7

N.A.

N.A.

New Zealand 1991 [8]

11.4-20.6

70.9-79.5

N.A.

17.7

56.2

3.3

80.3

Portugal 1995 [24]

30.4

17.4

52.2

0

76.7

23.3

N.A.

Scotland 2001/2 [19]

20.9

59.6

N.A.

19.5

19.2

67.3

13.5

Sweden 2002 [11]

22-30

26-28

N.A.

44-49

33.1 - 44.6

29.4-46.3

20.6 - 29.1

South Korea 2000 [5]

21.7

N.A.

5.8

72.5

58.4

41.6

N.A.

Thailand 2006 [25]

84.3

3.7

12.0

N.A.

30.4

70

N.A.

US 1985 [17]

43.1d

26.9

19.2

10.8

50.2

44.0

5.8

US 1990 [16]

45.6d

25.2

19.6

9.6

48.5

44.5

7

US 1992 [23]

40.6d

15.4

37.1

6.9

64.7

29.3

6

US 1998 [10]

46.5d

12.5

34.3

6.6

64.4

28.1

7.5

  1. NA: Not applicable, a: this figure also included cost of victim of crime support, b: this figure included all road accident expenditures of insurance companies, which covered more than cost of property damage, c: this figure also included treatment cost related to accidents, material cost, and cost of productivity losses due to accidents, d: not included healthcare cost for fetal alcohol syndrome