This statistic shows the total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, and Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type, in U.S. dollars. The total direct medical costs in South America from microcephaly at the current rate of infection was estimated at over 337 million U.S. dollars as of 2017.
Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type
(in 2015 U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Direct medical costs
Direct non-medical costs
Lost productivity due to increased morbidity and premature mortality
Lost productivity due to caregiving parent withdrawing from the labour force
Brazil, Colombia, Central and South America, Suriname
Survey time period
2017
Method of interview
Telephone interviews and online survey
Supplementary notes
Estimates are according to the Baseline Zika (current rate of infection) scenario. This scenario
assumes that the spread of the infection in each country
will follow a pattern similar to that seen since the
beginning of the epidemic in the region, as per linear
projections based on the data released by country health
authorities and published by PAHO. This represents
a conservative scenario in which the epidemic will exhibit
three equal-sized infection seasons and in which containment
efforts through investments in vector control and
other prevention efforts are such that the rate of spread of
the disease does not increase.
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UNDP, & The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) . (April 3, 2017). Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type (in 2015 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/
UNDP, und The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) . "Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type (in 2015 U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/
UNDP, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) . (2017). Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type (in 2015 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/
UNDP, and The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) . "Total Lifetime Costs of Microcephaly in The Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by Cost Type (in 2015 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/
UNDP & The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) , Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type (in 2015 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/ (last visited December 04, 2024)
Total lifetime costs of microcephaly in the Caribbean, Central and South America as of 2017, by cost type (in 2015 U.S. dollars) [Graph], UNDP, & The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) , April 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/730483/lifetime-costs-of-microcephaly-in-caribbean-central-and-south-america-by-cost/
