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Cancer and productivity loss in the Irish economy: an employer’s perspective

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Percentage and value of total productivity costs due to premature mortality (€, 2009), by cancer site, for males and females combined
Percentage and value of total productivity costs due to premature mortality (€, 2009), by cancer site, for males and females combined

Total productivity costs due to premature mortality (€, 2009), all cancers combined, by sex and age
Total productivity costs due to premature mortality (€, 2009), all cancers combined, by sex and age

Sensitivity analysis: total productivity costs due to premature cancer-related mortality (€, 2009) according to different assumptions for the labour market (unemployment rates, participation rates and wage rate multipliers), all cancers combined, by sex
Sensitivity analysis: total productivity costs due to premature cancer-related mortality (€, 2009) according to different assumptions for the labour market (unemployment rates, participation rates and wage rate multipliers), all cancers combined, by sex

Average annual number of deaths (all ages, 2005-2009), total productivity costs due to premature mortality and premature mortality cost per cancer death (€, 2009) for all cancers and the 10 most common cancer sites in males and females in Ireland

Cancer siteDeaths(% of the total)RankTotal premature mortalitycost (% of the total)RankPrematuremortality costper deathRank
Total
    All cancers8,06714,328,8846,339
Males
    All cancers4,276 (100)-9,971,386 (100)-8,709-
    Top 10 cancers3,272 (76.5)-7,229,907 (72.5)-8,776-
    Oesophagus218 (5.1)4613,083 (6.1)58,8604
    Stomach207 (4.8)6488,815 (4.9)68,9202
    Colorectal554 (13.0)21,182,056 (11.9)28,7826
    Pancreas217 (5.1)5623,921 (6.3)48,8375
    Lung994 (23.4)12,475,876 (24.8)18,6938
    Prostate530 (12.4)3327,945 (3.3)88,49610
    Bladder121 (2.8)10164,105 (1.6)108,7297
    Brain and CNS

Central nervous system

150 (3.5)8675,722 (6.8)38,8913
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma132 (3.1)9382,405 (3.8)79,1481
    Leukaemia150 (3.5)7295,980 (3.0)98,5549
Females
    All cancers3,791 (100)4,357,498 (100)-3,932-
    Top 10 cancers2,860 (75.4)3,550,112 (81.5)3,941-
    Oesophagus118 (3.1)875,983 (1.7)103,6898
    Stomach130 (3.4)7114,936 (2.6)84,1053
    Colorectal401 (10.6)3324,131 (7.4)53,8505
    Pancreas218 (5.8)5162,928 (3.7)73,54210
    Lung668 (17.6)2668,696 (15.3)23,6429
    Breast679 (17.9)11,194,773 (27.4)14,1692
    Uterus172 (4.5)6359,976 (8.3)34,3371
    Ovary254 (6.7)4345,602 (7.9)43,7987
    Brain and CNS109 (2.9)10201,984 (4.6)63,9454
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma111 (2.9)9101,102 (2.3)93,8016