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Table 2 Premature mortality costs (€, 2009) for the 10 most common male and female cancers, and all cancers, in Ireland

From: The cost of lost productivity due to premature cancer-related mortality: an economic measure of the cancer burden

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Cancer site

Total premature mortality cost

% of the total

Premature mortality cost per death

Premature mortality cost per YPPLL

Males

C00-97,B21

All cancers

332,246,992

-

290,172

30,558

 

Top 10 cancers

228,125,322

68.7

276,918

31,381

C15

Oesophagus

18,564,734

5.6

268,276

31,045

C16

Stomach

17,294,647

5.2

315,596

31,445

C18-21

Colorectal

37,253,268

11.2

276,770

30,775

C25

Pancreas

18,624,081

5.6

263,797

30,911

C33-34

Lung

62,927,480

18.9

220,953

30,123

C61

Prostate

5,950,929

1.8

154,169

28,818

C67

Bladder

4,637,827

1.4

246,693

30,714

C70-72

Brain & CNS

32,011,173

9.6

421,200

32,367

C82-85,C96

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

16,113,046

4.8

385,480

36,579

C91-95

Leukaemia

14,748,138

4.4

426,247

34,100

Females

C00-97,B21

All cancers

177,266,357

-

159,959

14,628

 

Top 10 cancers

139,871,322

78.9

155,275

14,578

C15

Oesophagus

2,442,679

1.4

118,577

13,762

C16

Stomach

4,985,032

2.8

178,037

14,925

C18-21

Colorectal

12,393,845

7.0

147,195

14,487

C25

Pancreas

4,847,345

2.7

105,377

13,428

C33-34

Lung

21,099,185

11.9

114,919

13,683

C61

Breast

49,395,514

27.9

172,350

14,840

C67

Uterus

17,291,434

9.8

208,331

15,363

C70-72

Ovary

12,862,247

7.3

141,343

14,283

C82-85,C96

Brain & CNS

10,370,158

5.9

202,542

15,183

C91-95

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

4,183,884

2.4

157,289

14,553

  1. Bold refer to the sum aggregated totals for ‘all cancers’ and the ‘top 10 cancers’ ranked in Ireland by mortality.