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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2014 Jul 6;0:37–43. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.032

Table 1.

Annual US mortality rates and cost of alcohol use, illicit drug use, cigarette smoking, over eating and obesity (McGinnis & Foege, 1993, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2012, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001)

Negative Health Behavior Mortality Cost
Alcohol Use 88,000 $223.5 Billion
Illicit Drug Use 20,000 $600 Billion
Cigarette Smoking 440000 $96 Billion
Over Eating/Obesity 300,000 $147 Billion