Table 8

Brain tumours 1996: mortality. Cost of life-years lost

TypeAgeTotal
0–19–24–29–34–39–44–49–54–59–64
Productive life-years lost:
 Males644.042.5187.5292.5357.5427.5420.0375.0210.080.03036.5
 Females368.0127.5112.597.555.0247.5315.0237.5180.0100.01840.5
 Total1012.0170.0300.0390.0412.5675.0735.0612.5390.0180.04877.0
Costs US$ (millions):
 Males8.10.73.66.48.811.812.912.67.63.375.8
 Females3.41.51.61.51.04.96.95.74.62.833.9
 Total11.52.25.27.99.816.719.818.312.26.1109.7
  • Life-years lost from death through 64 years. Undiscounted.

  • Future incomes discounted at 5% interest rate.