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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Aug;41(2):e5–e14. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.04.008

Table 3.

Annual and cumulative productivity losses by strategy relative to 2005 levels in risk factors, screening rates, and adjuvant chemotherapy use

Annual Productivity Losses 2010 ($, billions) 2020 ($, billions)
Morbidity Mortality Total Morbidity Mortality Total
Stabilization and continuation of 2005 levels in risk factors, screening, and chemotherapy Women 0.28 8.57 8.85 0.37 8.92 9.30
Men 0.44 11.64 12.08 0.58 11.90 12.48
Total 0.71 20.21 20.92 0.96 20.83 21.78
STRATEGY
Simultaneous interventions* Women 0.28 7.95 8.22 0.34 7.17 7.52
Men 0.44 10.90 11.33 0.53 9.52 10.05
Total 0.71 18.85 19.56 0.87 16.69 17.57
Risk factors improve Women 0.28 8.44 8.72 0.35 8.22 8.57
Men 0.43 11.48 11.91 0.53 10.62 11.15
Total 0.71 19.92 20.63 0.88 18.83 19.72
Screening rates increase Women 0.28 8.31 8.59 0.37 8.08 8.45
Men 0.44 11.30 11.73 0.57 11.06 11.63
Total 0.72 19.60 20.32 0.94 19.14 20.08
Chemotherapy use increases Women 0.28 8.33 8.61 0.38 8.64 9.02
Men 0.44 11.32 11.76 0.59 11.51 12.10
Total 0.72 19.66 20.37 0.97 20.15 21.12
Cumulative Productivity Losses 2005 through 2010 ($, billions) 2005 through 2020 ($,billions)
Morbidity Morbidity Total Morbidity Morbidity Total
Stabilization and continuation of 2005 levels in risk factors, screening, and chemotherapy Women 1.54 52.18 53.71 4.85 139.67 144.53
Men 2.40 70.15 72.55 7.58 187.12 194.70
Total 3.94 122.33 126.26 12.43 326.79 339.22
STRATEGY
Simultaneous interventions* Women 1.54 50.07 51.61 4.72 124.85 129.57
Men 2.41 67.62 70.04 7.35 168.42 175.77
Total 3.95 117.69 121.65 12.06 293.28 305.34
Risk factors improve Women 1.53 51.82 53.35 4.72 134.95 139.67
Men 2.39 69.79 72.18 7.33 179.82 187.15
Total 3.92 121.61 125.53 12.05 314.77 326.82
Screening rates increase Women 1.54 51.48 53.02 4.82 132.80 137.62
Men 2.41 69.20 71.61 7.53 179.37 186.90
Total 3.96 120.68 124.64 12.35 312.17 324.52
Chemotherapy use increases Women 1.54 51.15 52.70 4.89 135.98 140.87
Men 2.41 68.84 71.24 7.63 182.32 189.95
Total 3.95 119.99 123.94 12.52 318.30 330.82
*

The simulation of the benefits from the implementation of simultaneous interventions allows for a synergistic effect among strategies that results in a different number of deaths than would be achieved with each strategy implemented individually.