1992–3 (% NHS total costs)5 | PAF (%) | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Total UK cost attributable to smoking (£m) | |||||
Total NHS costs 2005–6 (£m) | Cost attributable to smoking (£m) | Total NHS costs 2005–6 (£m) | Cost attributable to smoking (£m) | Total NHS costs 2005–6 (£m) | Cost attributable to smoking (£m) | Total NHS costs 2005–06 (£m) | Cost attributable to smoking (£m) | ||||
Smoking-related conditions | |||||||||||
Mouth and oral cancer | 0.1 | 0 | 40.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Trachea/bronchus/lung cancer | 0.4 | 85 | 278.3 | 235.4 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 276.7 |
Other cancers | 3.7 | 10 | 2952.1 | 305.8 | 157.2 | 16.3 | 274.8 | 28.5 | 85.8 | 8.9 | 359.4 |
Cardiovascular diseases | 12.1 | 22 | 9698.9 | 2,133.8 | 516.5 | 113.6 | 902.8 | 198.6 | 281.9 | 62.0 | 2508.0 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2.2 | 68 | 1746.9 | 1187.9 | 93.0 | 63.3 | 162.6 | 110.6 | 50.8 | 34.5 | 1396.3 |
Other medical conditions* | 5.8 | 11 | 4676.0 | 536.0 | 249.0 | 28.5 | 435.2 | 49.9 | 135.9 | 15.6 | 630.0 |
Total related to smoking | 24.12 | 19 392.6 | 4398.9 | 1032.7 | 234.2 | 1805.1 | 409.4 | 563.7 | 127.9 | 5170.5 | |
Infectious diseases | 1.0 | 835.9 | 44.5 | 77.8 | 24.3 | ||||||
Neuropsychiatric disorders | 25.9 | 20 791.9 | 1107.2 | 1935.3 | 604.4 | ||||||
Musculoskeletal diseases | 7.8 | 6260.3 | 333.4 | 582.7 | 182.0 | ||||||
Injuries and accidents | 3.8 | 3057.5 | 162.8 | 284.6 | 88.9 | ||||||
Other | 37.2 | 29 847.0 | 1589.4 | 2778.1 | 867.7 | ||||||
Total | 100.0 | 80 185.2 | 4270.0 | £7464.0 | 2331.0 |
*Includes peptic ulcer disease and all respiratory conditions except COPD; †Excluding peptic ulcer disease.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DALY, disability adjusted life years; NHS, National Health Service; PAF, population attributable fraction.