Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

A Method to Assess the Potential Effects of Air Pollution Mitigation on Healthcare Costs

Table 2

Incidence per 100,000 inhabitants and attributable healthcare costs per case (€, 2006 level).
 50–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980+
Incidence per 100,000 inhabitants       
 CHD       
  Men 409 610 850 1 , 1 1 3 1 , 4 7 8 1 , 9 3 6 3 , 1 2 5
  Women 131 242 350 551 764 1 , 2 2 4 2 , 7 4 6
 Stroke       
  Men 240 388 620 867 1 , 2 3 6 1 , 7 4 6 2 , 4 7 3
  Women 144 221 348 590 854 1 , 3 7 2 2 , 2 8 6
 COPD       
  Men 155 198 318 511 834 944 851
  Women 169 217 335 481 680 787 523
 Lung cancer       
  Men 88 151 283 409 524 517  
  Women 73 114 206 275 274 252  
Attributable healthcare cost per case       
 CHD       
  Men 2 1 , 6 5 0 2 1 , 4 6 6 2 0 , 2 4 7 1 2 , 2 4 9 6 , 0 8 0 − 2 , 0 6 2 − 9 , 9 9 1
  Women 1 9 , 3 6 5 2 1 , 1 7 7 1 8 , 7 1 1 1 4 , 9 0 7 1 0 , 3 9 8 −489 − 1 0 , 3 6 0
 Stroke       
  Men 3 2 , 9 2 4 3 3 , 1 7 8 3 1 , 5 8 6 2 7 , 7 8 5 1 9 , 6 4 0 1 5 , 1 9 1 3 , 9 9 4
  Women 3 0 , 2 1 2 3 0 , 8 5 0 3 2 , 5 3 4 2 5 , 8 4 7 2 2 , 9 7 5 1 3 , 7 9 5 1 , 5 1 2
 COPD       
  Men 2 3 , 3 1 5 2 7 , 7 8 6 3 2 , 1 3 0 2 8 , 8 5 9 2 2 , 1 7 7 9 , 8 6 9 4 , 4 2 7
  Women 3 1 , 1 7 4 3 2 , 6 9 8 4 1 , 2 2 2 3 6 , 6 9 5 2 6 , 3 9 0 1 8 , 8 3 4 1 1 , 6 3 6
 Lung cancer       
  Men 3 3 , 5 1 5 2 3 , 6 8 5 2 2 , 4 6 7 9 , 2 0 7 4 , 1 1 1 − 2 , 9 0 5  
   Women 3 3 , 3 7 1 2 4 , 5 0 8 1 7 , 8 3 1 1 3 , 4 8 5 4 , 5 9 0 − 3 , 5 2 2