Cardiovascular disease burden due to productivity losses in European Society of Cardiology countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death across Europe. We estimated lost earnings (productivity losses) associated with premature mortality due to CVD, and separately for its main sub-categories of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, across 54 country members of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Methods and results

We used a standardized approach to estimate working years and earnings lost due to premature death resulting from CVD across the 54 ESC member countries in 2018. Our population-based approach was based on national data on the number of deaths, employment rates, and earnings by age group and sex. We discounted future working years and earnings lost to present values using a 3.5% annual rate. In 2018, there were 4

SUBMITTER: Luengo-Fernandez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785594 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature