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. 2022 Nov 30:1–21. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10198-022-01545-8

Table 7.

Literature review—premature mortality

n Country Measurement unit Discount rate Population Normal weight Overweight Obesity
Konnopka et al. [11] N/A Germany Annual number of deaths 5% 15+ 0 (base) 36,653
Total productivity lost €3381 million
Lehnert et al. [64] N/A Germany Annual number of deaths 5% 15+ 0 (base) 47,964
Total productivity lost €5669 million
Effertz et al. [9] 146,000 Germany Annual number of deaths 2% 15+ 0 (base) N/A 101,886
Amount of lost years 2072 million
Total productivity lost €23.12 billion
Fontaine et al. [37] 23 659 USA Years of life lost per person N/A 15–75 women N/A <1 year 3–8 yearsa
15–75 men <1 year 3–13 yearsa
Dall et al. [21] 225 million USA Total productivity lost 3% 18+ 0 (base) $1.9 billion $6.9–25.9 billionb
Per capita productivity lost $25 $182–1006b
Borg et al. [16] 23,365 Sweden Total productivity lost 3% 30–60 women 0 (base) $1.15 million $64.0 million
30–60 men 3.3 million 298.5 million
Neovius et al. [65] 45,920 Sweden Per capita productivity losses 3% 18+ men €25,100 €31,800 €52,100
Dee et al. [23] N/A Northern Ireland Total productivity lost 4% 18–75 0 (base) €147 million
Republic of Ireland 18–75 €593 million
Kang et al. [25] 1.9 million Korea Total productivity lost 6% 20+ women 0 (base) $70 million
20+ men $374 million
Tuzarová [18] N/A Czech Republic Amount of lost years 1.5% 25–60 women 0 (base) N/A 5440 years
Total productivity lost 395 million CZK
Amount of lost years 25–64 men 2290 years
Total productivity lost 800 million CZK

aRange for different BMI groups, BMI = 24 is used as reference category

bRange for obesity class I–III