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. 2024 Feb 15;121(2):e20240079. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20240079

Table 10-5. – Annual economic burden attributable to tobacco, by cause, for Brazil, 2020 (US$ millions).

Economic burden (US$ millions) Brazilian data for 2020
Direct medical cost (%) 9347.4 (38.5)
Caregiver cost (% 6023.7 (24.8)
Productivity cost (%) 6023.7 (24.8)
Total economic burden 24 301.3 (100%
As a proportion of GDP 1.9%
Proportion recovered through taxes 9.4%
Direct medical cost (US$ millions)
CVD 2280.4 (24.4%)
Stroke 447.0 (4.8%
COPD 4307.8 (46.1%)
Pneumonia 31.2 (0.3%)
Lung cancer 453.2 (4.8%)
Other cancers 751.8 (8.0%)
Second-hand smoke 1076.0 (11.5%)
Total direct medical cost 9347.4 (100%)
Proportion of national health expenditure 7.8%
Productivity cost (US$ millions)
Premature death
CVD 917.7 (26.4%)
Stroke 324.8 (9.4%)
COPD 469.8 (13.5%)
Pneumonia 161.7 (4.7%)
Lung cancer 452.2 (13.0%)
Other cancers 739.8 (21.3%)
Second-hand smoke 405.9 (11.7%)
Total premature deaths 3471.8 (100%)
Disability
CVD 1368.4 (25.1%)
Stroke 375.0 (6.9%)
COPD 1544.7 (28.3%)
Pneumonia 00.9 (0.0%)
Lung cancer 547.4 (10.0%)
Other cancers 988.3 (18.1%
Second-hand smoke 633.7 (11.6%)
Total disability 5458.4 (100%)
Premature death 3471.8 (38.9%)
Disability 5458.4 (61.1%)
Total productivity cost 8930.2 (100%)
Costs of caregivers (US$ millions)
CVD 2160.5 (35.9%)
Stroke 530.0 (8.8%)
COPD 1918.1 (31.8%)
Pneumonia 39.0 (0.6%)
Lung cancer 224.3 (3.7%)
Other cancers 457.9 (7.6%)
Second-hand smoke 693.8 (11.5%)
Total cost of caregivers 6023.7 (100%)

CVD: cardiovascular disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GDP: gross domestic product. Source: Adapted from Pichon-Riviere et al. 354