SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 5.
Indirect cost: Salary losses per HIV infection due to employment rate gap, 2012 $
| HIV age distribution | HIV-positive MSM employment rate, 2010 | General population employment rate, 2010 | Employment rate gap | Average annual salary, $ | Annual salary losses per patient, $ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | ||||||
| 15–24 | 0.07 | 43.80 | 56.90 | 0.13 | 20,566 | 189 |
| 25–54 | 0.82 | 56.10 | 82.80 | 0.27 | 48,546 | 10,655 |
| ≥55 | 0.11 | 33.20 | 34.80 | 0.02 | 46,681 | 80 |
| Total salary losses | 10,925* | |||||
| Reference | INSPQ (22) | A Burchell (personal communication, April 30, 2013) | CANSIM (19) | CANSIM (23) |
*
Calculated by multiplying the employment rate gap by the proportion of HIV infections by the average annual salary per age group. The results are then summed. CANSIM Statistics Canada socioeconomic database; INSPQ Institut national de santé publique du Québec; MSM Men who have sex with men