Table 122. Deaths—Life Years Lost and Mortality Costs by Age, Sex, and Cause: 2000 and 2004
[2,403 represents 2,403,000. Life years lost: Number of years person would have lived in absence of death. Mortality cost: value of lifetime earnings lost by persons who die prematurely] Characteristic 2000, total . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004, total 3 . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Male. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Under 5 years old. . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 years old . . . . . . . . . 15 to 24 years old . . . . . . . . 25 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . 45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . 65 years old and over . . . . . . Heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebrovascular diseases . . . Accidents and adverse effects Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of deaths (1,000) 2,403 33 7 31 130 346 1,855 711 553 168 98 874 1,177 19 4 23 85 244 802 345 286 65 64 418 1,226 14 3 8 45 102 1,053 366 267 103 34 456 2,397 33 7 33 126 383 1,815 652 554 150 112 929 1,181 18 4 25 82 269 783 322 287 59 72 442 1,216 14 3 9 44 114 1,031 331 267 91 40 487 Life years lost Total (1,000) 38,843 2,522 513 1,835 5,604 10,555 17,815 8,917 10,028 1,934 3,303 14,661 20,415 1,373 295 1,319 3,549 6,098 7,781 4,709 5,333 777 2,259 7,336 18,428 1,149 218 516 2,054 4,457 10,034 4,208 4,695 1,157 1,044 7,325 40,757 2,533 479 1,989 5,557 12,057 18,143 8,725 10,499 1,853 3,788 15,892 21,477 1,380 272 1,428 3,506 6,983 7,908 4,677 5,616 760 2,544 7,879 19,280 1,153 208 560 2,051 5,073 10,235 4,048 4,883 1,093 1,243 8,013
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Mortality cost Total (mil. dol.) 431,992 30,421 8,331 43,039 144,409 168,201 37,591 72,224 107,501 12,103 69,429 170,736 316,850 19,287 5,540 34,230 107,638 123,301 26,853 56,883 75,819 7,861 55,756 120,531 115,142 11,134 2,791 8,809 36,770 44,899 10,738 15,341 31,681 4,241 13,673 50,205 521,097 33,848 8,602 51,159 159,671 221,232 46,585 85,397 130,136 14,187 87,565 203,812 369,785 20,991 5,536 40,084 115,982 155,517 31,675 65,320 88,992 8,962 68,109 138,401 151,311 12,857 3,066 11,075 43,689 65,715 14,909 20,076 41,143 5,225 19,456 65,410
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Per death 16.2 76.4 69.2 58.6 43.1 30.5 9.6 12.5 18.1 11.5 33.8 16.8 17.3 74.0 67.0 57.2 41.7 25.0 9.7 13.7 18.6 12.0 35.4 17.6 15.0 79.4 72.4 62.6 45.6 43.6 9.5 11.5 17.6 11.2 30.6 16.1 17.0 77.4 70.1 59.5 44.0 31.4 10.0 13.4 19.0 12.3 33.8 17.1 18.2 75.1 67.9 58.1 42.7 25.9 10.1 14.5 19.6 12.9 35.4 17.8 15.9 80.3 73.2 63.4 46.4 44.4 9.9 12.2 18.3 12.0 31.1 16.4
Per death (dol.) 179,772 921,471 1,123,778 1,374,751 1,108,713 486,146 20,265 101,623 194,367 72,187 709,801 195,408 269,135 1,040,197 1,258,796 1,483,692 1,263,555 505,917 33,467 164,989 265,036 121,377 874,831 288,386 93,939 769,356 926,495 1,069,584 815,994 439,031 10,201 41,923 118,653 41,223 401,183 110,150 217,371 1,034,435 1,258,716 1,530,741 1,264,921 576,889 25,673 130,886 234,953 94,537 782,362 219,401 313,008 1,142,847 1,384,437 1,630,277 1,413,796 577,711 40,443 202,895 310,268 152,426 946,275 313,228 124,446 895,714 1,081,376 1,253,712 988,569 574,951 14,456 60,744 154,063 57,246 487,034 134,288
1 Based on life expectancy at year of death. 2 Cost estimates based on the person’s age, sex, life expectancy at the time of death, labor force participation rates, annual earnings, value of homemaking services, and a 3 percent discount rate by which to convert to present worth the potential aggregate earnings lost over the years. 3 Total excludes 346 deaths for which age is unknown. Source: Wendy Max and Yanling Shi, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco, CA, unpublished data.