Table 6

Indirect burden of diabetes in the U.S., 2017 (in billions of dollars)

Cost componentProductivity lossTotal cost attributable to diabetes ($)Proportion of indirect costs* Work days absent 14 million days 3.3 3.7% Reduced performance at work 114 million days 26.9 29.7% Reduced productivity days for those not in labor force 14 million days 2.3 2.6% Reduced labor force participation due to disability 182 million days 37.5 41.7% Mortality 277,000 deaths 19.9 22.1% Total 89.9 100% Cost componentProductivity lossTotal cost attributable to diabetes ($)Proportion of indirect costs*
Work days absent 14 million days 3.3 3.7%
Reduced performance at work 114 million days 26.9 29.7%
Reduced productivity days for those not in labor force 14 million days 2.3 2.6%
Reduced labor force participation due to disability 182 million days 37.5 41.7%
Mortality 277,000 deaths 19.9 22.1%
Total  89.9 100%

Data source: analysis of the NHIS (2014–2016), CPS (2016), CDC mortality data, and U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2016 and 2017.

*

Numbers do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding.

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