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Prostate cancer: 12. The economic burden
| Table 1: Direct costs of selected diseases in Canada, 1993* |
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| Disease or condition |
Estimated cost,
$ (and %) |
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| Prostate cancer† |
193 (0.3) |
| Breast and female genital cancers |
329 (0.5) |
| All cancers |
3 222 (4.5) |
| Birth defects |
305 (0.4) |
| Diabetes |
577 (0.8) |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases |
787 (1.1) |
| Stroke |
1 445 (2.0) |
| Coronary heart disease |
2 075 (2.9) |
| All diseases |
71 743 (100) |
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*Source: Moore and associates.3
†Estimate is based on the assumption that 6% of direct costs for all cancers is attributable to prostate cancer. |
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