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. 2009 Jan 8;18(2):138–143. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.027466

Table 3. Economic costs of tobacco use in India for 2004 among adults aged 35 and older (US $1000).

Disease Smoked Smokeless All tobacco
Inpatient Outpatient Subtotal Inpatient Outpatient Subtotal Male Female Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Tobacco-attributable direct healthcare expenditure
Respiratory 27 994 548 264 032 3533 296 107 6101 627 57 542 4044 68 314 355 669 8 752 364 421
Tuberculosis 34 604 5442 103 035 18 076 161 157 5978 1899 17 798 6307 31 981 161 415 31 723 193 139
Cardiovascular 102 003 7241 208 625 24 859 342 728 29 508 10 133 60 354 34 788 134 783 400 490 77 021 477 511
Neoplasm 41 380 8317 52 276 5176 107 149 5050 23 936 6380 14 897 50 263 105 086 52 327 157 412
Subtotal 205 980 21 548 627 968 51 644 907 141 46 637 36 595 142 074 60 035 285 342 1 022 660 169 823 1 192 482
Tobacco-attributable transportation and caregivers expenditure
Respiratory 1521 29 18 600 346 20 497 332 34 4054 396 4815 24 506 806 25 312
Tuberculosis 1585 239 10 383 1439 13 646 274 84 1793 502 2653 14 035 2265 16 299
Cardiovascular 3598 221 17 954 2188 23 962 1041 310 5194 3062 9607 27 787 5781 33 568
Neoplasm 2733 363 8343 577 12 016 334 1044 1018 1662 4057 12 428 3646 16 074
Subtotal 9437 853 55 279 4551 70 121 1980 1471 12 059 5622 21 132 78 756 12 497 91 253
Tobacco-attributable lost income due to absence from work
Respiratory 2061 41 115 432 614 118 148 449 47 25 157 703 26 356 143 099 1405 144 503
Tuberculosis 3337 493 74 019 7670 85 519 576 172 12 786 2676 16 211 90 718 11 012 101 730
Cardiovascular 3936 216 81 334 2913 88 399 1139 303 23 529 4076 29 047 109 938 7508 117 446
Neoplasm 3274 381 30 452 2153 36 261 400 1098 3716 6197 11 411 37 842 9830 47 672
Subtotal 12 608 1132 301 237 13 351 328 327 2564 1619 65 189 13 653 83 025 381 597 29 755 411 352
Total 228 025 23 533 984 484 69 546 1 305 589 51 181 39 686 219 322 79 310 389 499 1 483 013 212 075 1 695 087