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. 2023 Jan 5;23:28. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14835-w

Table 2.

Annual total cost of informal care time by health condition and country, in million 2020 dollars

Events Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia
Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95%
Coronary events 1,206.51 [960.59–1494.79] 9,978.66 [7002.05–14,206.1] 935.49 [742.15–1166.83] 630.11 [477.81–832.7]
Stroke 707.36 [616.04–807.23] 3,130.90 [2384.63–4276.21] 987.86 [856.93–1132.09] 866.17 [698.89–1087.83]
Pneumonia 55.70 [33.43–90.93] 268.89 [153.33–474.47] 15.69 [9.44–25.36] 10.07 [5.85–16.94]
COPD 567.33 [509.02–642.47] 2,548.49 [1910.13–3516.07] 587.03 [518.7–672.79] 307.69 [246.62–388.59]
Lung cancer 102.83 [98.11–107.26] 300.94 [232.04–401.3] 67.44 [63.29–71.77] 27.54 [22.94–33.16]
Mouth cancer 19.72 [18.6–20.83] 142.54 [110.41–189.67] 9.55 [8.88–10.25] 7.80 [6.48–9.44]
Esophageal cancer 31.54 [30.18–32.87] 158.32 [122.1–208.94] 20.66 [19.41–22.03] 6.91 [5.81–8.32]
Stomach cancer 69.07 [66.81–71.4] 360.96 [278.67–475.97] 144.91 [136.79–153.04] 68.71 [57.35–82.65]
Pancreatics cancer 89.41 [86.65–92.27] 250.86 [194.25–330.21] 58.69 [55.6–61.95] 25.47 [21.26–30.56]
Kidney cancer 29.60 [27.59–31.94] 54.90 [42.59–72.37] 24.38 [22.44–26.78] 4.84 [3.98–5.96]
Laryngeal cancer 11.93 [11.11–12.77] 70.96 [54.98–94.28] 4.48 [4.13–4.87] 3.57 [2.97–4.37]
Leukemia 12.44 [874–2047] 47.33 [1577-404] 9.97 [703–1301] 6.22 [431–789]
Bladder cancer 42.02 [2999–6767] 142.80 [4755–12039] 27.62 [1979–3643] 9.48 [679–1188]
Neck cancer 28.70 [2046–4636] 109.07 [3686–9376] 18.30 [1306–2415] 14.10 [1007-177]
Total $2974 $17,566 $2,912 $1,989
Total per million inhabitants $145,763,411 $178,995,457 $298,011,466 $90,486,014
Events Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico   Peru
Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95% Mean IC 95%
Coronary events 220.30 [175.24–274.43] 430.81 [199.72–895.89] 1,133.99 [908.82–1406.62] 168.23 [76.43–339.72]
Stroke 43.38 [38.08–49.5] 355.88 [161.44–740.31] 901.44 [794.6–1027.03] 459.42 [212.99–919.51]
Pneumonia 2.74 [1.68–4.4] 13.36 [5.75–31.49] 36.38 [23.25–59.09] 34.67 [14.54–79.57]
COPD 52.37 [47.12–59.11] 160.78 [75.02–333.08] 482.16 [433.79–548.29] 449.68 [214.07–902.86]
Lung cancer 5.43 [5.2–5.63] 10.99 [5.15–21.97] 33.35 [32.09–89.14] 28.04 [13.63–54.82]
Mouth cancer 1.82 [1.72–1.92] 3.05 [1.4–6.09] 10.43 [9.87–27.91] 9.10 [4.36–18.16]
Esophageal cancer 1.55 [1.5–1.61] 3.18 [1.49–6.44] 7.21 [6.97–19.16] 5.75 [2.81–11.42]
Stomach cancer 18.78 [18.28–19.27] 46.44 [21.91–93.64] 55.29 [53.77–147.05] 93.26 [45.23–185.35]
Pancreatics cancer 6.30 [6.14–6.47] 11.76 [5.5–23.84] 37.60 [36.56–100.07] 28.69 [13.96–56.58]
Kidney cancer 1.46 [1.36–1.57] 3.00 [1.38–6.24] 12.33 [11.5–32.48] 9.33 [4.45–18.35]
Laryngeal cancer 1.06 [0.99–1.13] 1.35 [0.63–2.78] 4.87 [4.55–12.75] 2.00 [0.93–3.94]
Leukemia 1.46 [123–168] 4.15 [342-49] 8.21 [274–2175] 7.76 [645–1022]
Bladder cancer 2.92 [255–332] 4.61 [388–541] 9.87 [326–2604] 9.52 [804–1233]
Neck cancer 2.69 [231–308] 11.83 [991–1382] 22.12 [711–5974] 27.02 [2275–3532]
Total $362 $1,061 $2,755 $1,332
Total per million inhabitants $157,517,703 $167,508,373 $53,193,394 $99,509,016