| Table 2: Lifetime health care costs (in Canadian dollars) of HIV-related illnesses* | |||
| Year | Allocation by phase of illness | Annual cost of illness, $ | Annual cost of illness discounted at rate of 5%†, $ |
| 1 | – | – | – |
| 2 | 0 × 0.63 +
5 160 × 0.37 |
1 909 | 1 731 |
| 3 | 5 160 × 1 | 5 160 | 4 457 |
| 4 | 5 160 × 0.26 +
7 735 × 0.74 |
7 066 | 5 813 |
| 5 | 7 735 × 1 | 7 735 | 6 060 |
| 6 | 7 735 × 1 | 7 735 | 5 772 |
| 7 | 7 735 × 1 | 7 735 | 5 497 |
| 8 | 7 735 × 1 | 7 735 | 5 235 |
| 9 | 7 735 × 0.65 +
25 447 × 0.35 |
13 934 | 8 982 |
| 10 | 25 447 × 1 | 25 447 | 15 622 |
| 11 | 25 447 × 0.62 | 15 777 | 9 225 |
| Total | 100 233‡ | 68 394 | |
| *Based on lifetime cost of $100 167 and 10.6 years of survival.29 | |||
| †Discounted to reflect present value (see Methods). | |||
| ‡Difference due to rounding error. | |||