Table 3.
Socioeconomic cost of smoking by sex, disease group, and cost variables in South Korea, 2020.
|
Unit: USD Million* |
Direct Cost |
Indirect Cost |
Total Cost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Transportation | Caregiving | Total Direct Cost | Productivity Loss due to Medical Utilization | Productivity Loss due to Premature Deaths | Total Indirect Cost | ||
| Total | ||||||||
| All Causes | 3681.8 | 70.5 | 419.3 | 4171.6 | 1043.2 | 5709.9 | 6753.1 | 10924.7 |
| Cancer | 1226.4 | 11.0 | 100.9 | 1338.3 | 204.4 | 2822.2 | 3026.6 | 4364.9 |
| Circulatory | 1510.4 | 34.1 | 142.4 | 1687.0 | 466.6 | 1159.7 | 1626.3 | 3313.3 |
| Other | 944.9 | 25.5 | 176.0 | 1146.4 | 372.2 | 948.2 | 1320.4 | 2466.7 |
| External Causes | – | – | – | – | – | 779.8 | 779.8 | 779.8 |
| Male | ||||||||
| All Causes | 3269.1 | 60.9 | 340.7 | 3670.8 | 916.6 | 5289.2 | 6205.8 | 9876.6 |
| Cancer | 1133.4 | 10.2 | 93.0 | 1236.5 | 187.8 | 2671.4 | 2859.1 | 4095.7 |
| Circulatory | 1314.4 | 28.6 | 118.3 | 1461.4 | 406.7 | 1053.9 | 1460.6 | 2922.0 |
| Other | 821.3 | 22.1 | 129.4 | 972.8 | 322.2 | 859.4 | 1181.6 | 2154.4 |
| External Causes | – | – | – | – | – | 704.6 | 704.6 | 704.6 |
| Female | ||||||||
| All Causes | 412.7 | 9.6 | 78.6 | 500.8 | 126.6 | 420.7 | 547.3 | 1048.1 |
| Cancer | 93.0 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 101.7 | 16.6 | 150.9 | 167.5 | 269.2 |
| Circulatory | 196.0 | 5.5 | 24.1 | 225.6 | 60.0 | 105.8 | 165.8 | 391.3 |
| Other | 123.6 | 3.4 | 46.5 | 173.5 | 50.0 | 88.8 | 138.8 | 312.3 |
| External Causes | – | – | – | – | – | 75.2 | 75.2 | 75.2 |
Note: * USD 1 equal to KRW 1180 as of 2020 (Bank of Korea, 2023).