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DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES
Table 19. Estimated Productivity Losses Due to Drug Abuse, 1992–2000 ($ Millions)
|
Year
|
Premature death
|
Drug abuse related illness
|
Institution-
alization/
hospital-
ization
|
Productivity
loss of victims of crime
|
Incarceration
|
Crime careers
|
Total
|
|
1992
|
14,575
|
14,205
|
1,477
|
2,059
|
17,907
|
19,198
|
69,421
|
|
1993
|
21,095
|
13,766
|
1,502
|
2,488
|
19,366
|
19,755
|
77,972
|
|
1994
|
21,905
|
15,845
|
1,683
|
2,554
|
21,095
|
19,603
|
82,685
|
|
1995
|
22,943
|
17,737
|
1,872
|
2,377
|
22,983
|
20,172
|
88,085
|
|
1996
|
19,697
|
20,270
|
1,533
|
2,332
|
24,833
|
23,758
|
92,423
|
|
1997
|
16,771
|
19,916
|
1,662
|
2,293
|
27,221
|
26,608
|
94,470
|
|
1998
|
16,611
|
23,143
|
1,786
|
2,165
|
30,133
|
24,627
|
98,467
|
|
19991
|
17,439
|
24,298
|
1,849
|
2,118
|
32,793
|
25,856
|
104,353
|
|
20001
|
18,256
|
25,435
|
1,915
|
2,217
|
35,601
|
27,066
|
110,491
|
1Figures
for 1999 and 2000 are projections based on observable trends for 1992–1998.
Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Economic Costs
of Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992–1998 (September 2001).
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