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The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
in the United States - 1992


National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Table 1.1
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Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992
(millions of dollars)


Economic Costs

Total

Alcohol

Drugs

Health Care Expenditures

Alcohol and drug abuse services

$9,973

$5,573

$4,400

Medical consequences

$18,778

$13,247

$5,531

Total, Health Care Expenditures

$28,751

$18,820

$9,931

Productivity Effects (Lost Earnings)

Premature death

$45,902

$31,327

$14,575

Impaired productivity

$82,201

$67,696

$14,205

Institutionalized populations

$2,990

$1,513

$1,477

Incarceration

$23,356

$5,449

$17,907

Crime careers

$19,198

-

$19,198

Victims of crime

$3,071

$1,012

$2,059

Total, Productivity Effects

$176,418

$106,997

$69,421

Other Effects on Society

Crime

$24,282

$6,312

$17,970

Social welfare administration

$1,020

$683

$337

Motor vehicle crashes

$13,619

$13,619

-

Fire destruction

$1,590

$1,590

-

Total, Other Effects on Society

$40,511

$22,204

$18,307

Total

$245,680

$148,021

$97,659

Source: Analysis by The Lewin Group.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.


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