Economic costs of Obesity

Economic Costs Related to Obesity Total costs $92.2 billion 50 Direct costs Indirect costs 52.01% 47.99% Direct health care costs refer to preventive, Indirect costs are the value of wages lost by diagnostic, and treatment services (for example, physician visits, medications, and hospital and nursing home care). people unable to work because of illness or disability, as well as the value of future earnings lost by premature death. 100 The cost of obesity by insurance status As the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased in the United States, so have related health care costs. The statistics presented below represent the additional costs these entities pay each year for obese individuals. Medicaid $1,021 Private insurers $1,140 Individual $1,429 Medicare $1,723 500 1000 1500 2000 Related health care costs IDirect Costs Indirect Costs 40 35 $33.41 billion $32.40 billion $30.74 billion 30 25 20 $15.77 billion 15 $12.90 billion 10 $6.99 billion $4.30 billion $3.23 billion $1.48 billion $0.50 billion $1.78 billion $0.84 billion S0.28 billion $1.00 billion Heart disease Type 2 diabetes Osteoarthritis Hypertension Breast cancer Endometrial cancer Colon cancer Sources L.A. Bariatrics Marina Del Rey Hospital http://win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm Costs Costs