How serious is Coronary heart disease?
Society issues for Coronary heart disease Costs of Coronary heart disease: $111.8 billion with $58.2b direct, $8.4b morbidity, $45.b mortality (NHLBI 2002) Cost statistics for Coronary heart disease: The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Coronary heart disease: • Over 1.7 billion pounds per year in the UK (The British Heart Foundation, 2004) • $894 million in direct health system costs in Australia 1993-94 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2003) • $630 million in direct health system costs in Australia 1993-94 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2003) • $1,572 million in hospital costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada) • $263 million in physician costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada) • $239 million in 1,565 costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada) • $2 million in research costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada) • $2,076 million in direct costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada) • $696 million in long-term disability costs in Canada 1993 (Health Canada)
