Skip to main content
. 2009 Dec 14;12:37. doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-37

Table 5.

Value of HIV/AIDS lives lost: South Africa 2000-2005 ($)

Year Lost life years - ARTa Lost life years - PMTCTa Total lost life yearsa GDP per capita US$b Lost annual GDP $c As a % of GDPd
2000 36,180 25,380 61,560 3042 187,539,300 0.001
2001 126,630 152,280 278,910 2644 737,438,040 0.006
2002 330,310 279,180 609,490 2439 1,486,546,110 0.013
2003 524,610 380,700 905,310 3589 3,249,157,590 0.019
2004 643,200 444,150 1,087,350 4646 5,051,828,100 0.023
2005 578,880 317,250 896,130 5163 4,626,719,190 0.019

Total 2,239,810 1,598,940 3,838,750 15,339,228,000
$15.33 billion

Sources: see below.

Notes:

aChigwedere P, et al: Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2008 44:410-415. Tables 1 and 2.

bAuthor's calculation. GDP values obtained from World Bank, World Development Indicators. http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:21725423~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html (Accessed 15 June 2009). South African GDP converted into $ equivalents. Population values obtained from Statistics South Africa, Mid-Year Population Estimates. Publication P0302 - Various Years. www.statssa.gov.za/publications/p0302/populationstats.asp (Accessed 15 June 2009)

cAuthor's calculation.

dAuthor's calculation.