Table 3. Cost of illness and death from TBE in Sweden in 2019 and per year 2015–2019* .
Variable | 2019 | 2015–2019, average yearly cost |
---|---|---|
Registered TBE cases, no. | 359 | 1,641 |
Deaths caused by TBE, no. | 4 | 22 |
Cost of illness, € | 7,279,054† | 6,639,317† |
Cost of death, € | 16,200,000 †† | 17,820,000 †† |
Total cost of illness and death, € | 23,479,054 | 24,459,317 |
*TBE, tick-borne encephalitis. †No. registered TBE cases minus the number of deaths caused by TBE times the cost of illness per TBE case within 1 y after TBE onset (€20,504). ††No. deaths caused by TBE times the value of a statistical life in Sweden (€4.05 million).