COPD uncovered: an international survey on the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] on a working age population

Table 8 Financial loss from reduced working hours

Country	N	Annual average loss	Lifetime average losses
		*[$] [se]	**[$] [se]
Brazil	151	827[235]	5849 [1572]
China	215	77 [24]	678 [182]
Germany	161	923 [368]	8099 [3181]
Turkey	55	2,014 [585]	20,805 [6486]
UK	64	2,176 [924]	18,153 [8690]
USA	31	1,805 [1,223]	11,205 [8459]
Total Weighted	677	880	7,365
average***

*Average working hours lost × local average wage × $ppp
**Sum of annual income loss each year up to statutory retirement age discounted to present value at 3.5% per annum
*** Weighted average across whole sub-sample of 677 with work loss.

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