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. 2022 Dec 5;11(1):e32–e39. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00464-8

Table.

Direct public health-care costs (in 1 000 000 INT$) attributable to physical inactivity, 2020–30

Cancers Coronary heart disease Dementia Depression Hypertension Stroke Type 2 diabetes Total
WHO region
African region 375 (80–755) 141 (98–191) 389 (203–642) 6598 (247–13 781) 3128 (1573–4667) 314 (152–456) 1151 (753–1541) 12 098 (3106–22 032)
Region of the Americas 9465 (1899–18 323) 1400 (977–1873) 55 560 (29 804–88 239) 37 536 (1466–75 007) 21 018 (10 618–31 207) 2601 (1274–3723) 32 479 (21 439–43 090) 160 058 (67 478–261 464)
Eastern Mediterranean region 6969 (1131–14 273) 2733 (1912–3647) 862 (459–1382) 42 283 (1670–83 567) 21 546 (10 899–31 951) 3066 (1507–4374) 3847 (2546–5092) 81 307 (20 123–144 286)
European region 30 325 (5804–60 120) 4696 (3268–6304) 27 889 (14 719–45 236) 70 224 (2706–142 348) 51 111 (25 779–76 008) 6168 (3005–8867) 10 269 (6758–13 664) 200 682 (62 040–352 546)
South-East Asia region 1633 (305–3351) 1166 (808–1572) 10 441 (5521–16 895) 18 668 (706–38 605) 15 360 (7731–22 890) 1663 (805–2405) 1622 (1063–2167) 50 554 (16 938–87 885)
Western Pacific region 19 536 (3035–40 141) 1913 (1332–2567) 24 382 (12 628–40 562) 30 852 (1192–62 357) 29 387 (14 827–43 688) 6991 (3410–10 041) 10 207 (6722–13 574) 123 269 (43 146–212 930)
World Bank country-income level
Low 136 (24–290) 33 (23–45) 140 (72–234) 1606 (60–3377) 759 (381–1133) 79 (38–115) 125 (81 to 167) 2878 (679–5361)
Lower-middle 2338 (401–4850) 1619 (1127–2172) 6238 (3295–10 104) 28 873 (1114–58 434) 19 244 (9708–28 613) 2297 (1120–3301) 3944 (2596 to 5246) 64 553 (19 362–112 720)
Upper-middle 8033 (1291–16 843) 2435 (1688–3283) 24 732 (12 896–40 767) 41 517 (1572–85 784) 30 656 (15 430–45 680) 6511 (3152–9413) 14 489 (9498 to 19 352) 128 372 (45 527–221 122)
High 60 730 (11 497–119 174) 4538 (3171–6064) 80 067 (42 778–127 816) 80 755 (3170–160 598) 66 535 (33 631–98 736) 7227 (3545–10 331) 28 255 (18 671 to 37 450) 328 108 (116 462–560 168)
Total by health outcomes and income level 71 238 (13 212–14 1156) 8626 (6008–11 565) 11 1176 (59 042–178 921) 152 751 (5916–30 8193) 117 193 (59 150–174 162) 16 114 (7855–23 160) 46 813 (30 847 to 62 215) 523 911 (182 030–899 371)

Costs are INT$ (95% CI).

*Excludes double counting (appendix p 79).