August 7, 2007
Death & Injury Cost $70 Billion in 2000
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Did you know that in 2000, death and nonfatal injuries cost $70 billion in the United States?
Gary Price pointed me to a CDC report on the The Cost of Violence in the United States.
The reality of the $70 billion figure is that most of it is productivity cost. The CDC said, "an estimated $5.6 billion was spent on medical care for the more than 2.5 million injuries due to interpersonal and self-directed violence."
I love the run down on these figures... Here are ones that stand out, but pretty much, all of them stand out to me.
- Hospital emergency departments treat an average 55 people for injuries every minute
- Homicides cost $37 billion
- The average cost per homicide was $1.3 million in lost productivity and $4,906 in medical costs.
- Violence causes approximately 50,000 deaths each year and results in over 2.5 million injuries.
Makes you think...
