TABLE 3. Economic burden of illness in Canada by diagnostic category, indirect costs as a percentage of direct costs.

	EBIC 1998 (Human capital)			EBIC 2008 (Friction)
Diagnostic Category	Mortality, %	Morbidity, %	Total, %	Mortality, %	Morbidity, %	Total, %
Malignant and other neoplasms	431	46	478	3.5	8.8	12.3
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	64	55	119	0.4	2.5	2.9
Cardiovascular diseases	121	50	171	0.8	2.3	3.1
Respiratory diseases / Infections	48	99	146	0.3	46.8	47.1
Digestive diseases	32	33	65	0.4	2.7	3.2
Musculoskeletal diseases	5	514	519	0.0	24.1	24.2

Abbreviation: EBIC, economic burden of illness in Canada.