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. 2021 Mar 20;21:548. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10450-3

Table 4.

Total annual costs according to the type of diabetes mellitus in the year 2019

Type 1 diabetes mellitusa Type 2 diabetes mellitusa
Per capita cost, USD Total cost, million USD (%) Per capita cost, USD Total cost, million USD (%)
Direct cost 6117 1057 (68.8) 2968 11,684 (73.5)
Medical cost 5955 1029 (67.0) 2864 11,278 (71.0)
Nonmedical costa 162 28 (1.8) 103 407 (2.6)
Indirect cost 2774 479 (31.2) 1068 4204 (26.5)
Caregiver’s cost 1062 183 (11.9) 401 1579 (9.9)
Productivity loss cost 1712 296 (19.3) 667 2625 (16.5)
Due to morbidity 865 149 (9.7) 325 1279 (8.0)
Due to premature mortality 847 146 (9.5) 342 1346 (8.5)
Total 8891 1536 (100.0) 4035 15,888 (100.0)

aICD-10 codes that define the type of diabetes mellitus: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10), Type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11)

bNon-medical costs include transportation costs