The social cost of alcoholism in the United States in 1992, in millions of dollars (according to Harwood et coll., 1998)

Categories Costs in millions of $
Medical
Direct
Specialist departments5,573
Health expenditure (co-morbidity)13,247
Indirect (loss of income)
Premature deaths31,327
Diseases67,696
Institutionalised populations1,513
Total 119,356
Non-medical
Direct
Crimes6,312
Administration683
Road-traffic accidents13,619
Fires1,590
Indirect (loss of income)
Victims of crime1,012
Incarceration5,449
Total 28,665

From: Alcohol: Social damages, abuse, and dependence

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