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Table 4 Incident cases, direct cost, indirect cost and total cost of skin cancer in NSW, 2010a

From: Estimating the economic costs of skin cancer in New South Wales, Australia

 

Melanoma

NMSC

Total

Incident cases

   

 Female

1502

61,798b

63,300

 Males

2295

86,812b

89,106

 Total

3797

148,610b

152,407

Direct costs

   

 Females

$16,349,530

$230,717,528

$247,067,059

 Cost per female incident case

$10,882

$3733

$3903

 Males

$22,494,516

$116,426,574

$138,921,090

 Cost per male incident case

$9803

$1341

$1559

 Total

$38,844,046

$347,144,102

$385,988,148

 Cost per incident case

$10,230

$2336

$2533

Indirect costs

   

 Females

$34,928,193

$2,259,156

$37,187,349

 Cost per female incident case

$23,249

$37

$587

 Males

$96,325,255

$16,016,487

$112,341,742

 Cost per male incident case

$41,977

$184

$1261

 Total

$131,253,448

$18,275,643

$149,529,091

 Cost per incident case

$34,567

$123

$981

Total costs

$170,097,494

$365,419,746

$535,517,240

 Cost per incident case

$44,796

$2459

$3514

  1. aAverage cost may not equate to total cost divided with cases due to rounding
  2. bNMSC is estimated from a 2002 NCCI report - the incident rate is assumed steady for 2010 and has not risen