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. 2024 Aug 23;46:102865. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102865

Table 2.

Socioeconomic cost of smoking by sex and diseases in South Korea, 2020.

Unit: ICD-10 Male Cost
Female Cost
Total Cost
USD Million* Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
All Causes 3670.8 6205.8 9876.6 500.8 547.3 1048.1 10924.7



Cancer 1236.5 2859.1 4095.7 101.7 167.5 269.2 4364.9
 Oropharynx C00-C14 43.5 79.3 122.9 1.1 1.7 2.9 125.7
 Esophagus C15 62.5 139.0 201.5 1.4 3.9 5.3 206.8
 Stomach C16 132.5 275.9 408.4 4.5 10.1 14.6 423.0
 Small Intestine C17 5.5 10.5 16.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 16.2
 Colon C18 28.4 46.7 75.1 4.5 7.2 11.7 86.8
 Rectum C19, C20 48.1 73.9 122.0 2.9 4.3 7.2 129.2
 Liver C22 169.2 477.2 646.4 6.0 13.5 19.5 665.9
 Gallbladder C23, C24 22.7 57.7 80.3 2.6 6.3 8.9 89.3
 Pancreas C25 38.9 141.4 180.3 2.7 8.7 11.4 191.7
 Larynx C32 27.2 31.9 59.1 0.8 0.8 1.6 60.7
 Lung C34 552.6 1398.6 1951.2 48.5 82.2 130.7 2081.9
 Breast C50 1.0 0.7 1.7 15.5 13.1 28.6 30.3
 Cervix C53 6.0 10.0 15.9 15.9
 Ovary C56 1.3 2.4 3.8 3.8
 Bladder C67 55.5 60.3 115.8 1.9 2.1 4.1 119.9
 Kidney C64 13.3 20.7 33.9 0.3 0.4 0.6 34.5
 Prostate C61 7.3 4.6 11.8 11.8
 Brain C71 6.3 18.7 25.0 25.0
 Thyroid C73 1.0 0.6 1.6 1.7 0.7 2.4 4.0
 Leukemia C91-C95 21.1 21.5 42.6 42.6



Circulatory 1461.4 1460.6 2922.0 225.6 165.8 391.3 3313.3
 Hypertensive D1. I10-I13 383.7 212.0 595.7 84.8 40.2 125.0 720.8
 Ischemic heart D1. I20-I25 453.1 563.6 1016.7 35.1 35.9 71.0 1087.7
 Arrhythmia I47-I49 35.1 19.1 54.2 7.9 4.2 12.1 66.3
 Heart Failure I50 24.4 48.0 72.5 8.1 14.3 22.3 94.8
 Stroke I60-I69 447.5 543.4 990.9 74.9 61.9 136.8 1127.7
 Atherosclerosis I70-I74 117.6 74.4 192.0 14.9 9.2 24.1 216.0



Other Diseases 972.8 1181.6 2154.4 173.5 138.8 312.3 2466.7
 Diabetes Mellitus E10-E14 465.5 341.2 806.7 55.5 31.3 86.8 893.5
 Organic2 F00-F09 144.7 88.8 233.5 70.5 23.7 94.2 327.7
 Sudden Death R96 0.0 22.6 22.6 0.0 1.4 1.4 24.1
 Aging R54 0.1 60.1 60.2 0.1 19.6 19.6 79.8
 COPD3 J44 101.8 180.1 281.9 8.6 13.8 22.4 304.3
 Tuberculosis A15-A19 25.5 33.9 59.4 2.1 1.7 3.8 63.2
 Pneumonia J09-J18 143.0 323.0 466.0 18.6 33.4 52.1 518.1
 Ulcer K25-K27 63.0 38.5 101.5 14.8 8.2 23.0 124.4
 Liver Cirrhosis K74 29.2 93.4 122.6 3.2 5.8 9.0 131.6



External Causes 704.6 704.6 75.2 75.2 779.8
 Accident V01-V99 60.8 60.8 5.7 5.7 66.5
 Poisoning X40-X49 13.6 13.6 1.3 1.3 14.9
 Unspecified Causes X58-X59 10.8 10.8 1.8 1.8 12.6
 Suicide X60-X84 570.6 570.6 61.0 61.0 631.6
 Homicide X85-Y09 8.9 8.9 3.8 3.8 12.7
 Injury Undetermined Y10-Y34 39.9 39.9 1.6 1.6 41.5

Abbreviations: 1D, diseases; 2Organic, including symptomatic and mental disorders; 3COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

* USD 1 equal to KRW 1180 as of 2020 (Bank of Korea, 2023).