National and State Estimates of Lost Earnings From Cancer Deaths in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Information on the economic burden of cancer mortality can serve as a tool in setting policies and prioritizing resources for cancer prevention and control. However, contemporary data are lacking for the United States nationally and by state.

Objective

To estimate lost earnings due to death from cancer overall and for the major cancers in the United States nationally and by state.

Design, setting, and participants

Person-years of life lost (PYLL) were calculated using numbers of cancer deaths and life expectancy data in individuals aged 16 to 84 years who died from cancer in the United States in 2015. The annual median earnings in the United States were used to assign a monetary value for each PYLL by age and sex. Cancer mortality and life expectancy data w

SUBMITTER: Islami F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613311 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature