Estimating the mental health costs of racial discrimination

Elias, Amanuel; Paradies, Yin

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3868-1

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Sensitivity analysis: health cost of racial discrimination in Australia ($ millions)

From: Estimating the mental health costs of racial discrimination

Cause of Illness	DALYs	Discount rate
		0%	1%	2%	3%	3.3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%
Scenario A: VSL = $3.7 million
Anxiety	40,797	3774	3736	3700	3664	3653	3629	3594	3560	3527	3494	3462	3431
Depression	73,673	6815	6747	6681	6616	6597	6553	6490	6429	6369	6310	6252	6195
PTSD	51,142	4731	4684	4638	4593	4579	4549	4505	4463	4421	4380	4340	4301
Psychological disorders^a	69,840	6460	6396	6333	6272	6254	6212	6153	6094	6038	5982	5927	5873
Total of illnesses attributable to EOD	235,452	21,779	21,564	21,352	21,145	21,084	20,942	20,742	20,547	20,354	20,166	19,981	19,799
Australian average annual GDP (2005–2012)		1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769
Health cost of EOD as a percentage of GDP		1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%
Scenario B: VSL = $6.65 million
Anxiety	40,797	6783	6715	6650	6585	6566	6522	6460	6399	6339	6280	6222	6166
Depression	73,673	12,248	12,127	12,008	11,891	11,857	11,777	11,665	11,555	11,447	11,341	11,237	11,135
PTSD	51,142	8502	8418	8336	8255	8231	8175	8097	8021	7946	7873	7800	7729
Psychological disorders^a	69,840	11,611	11,496	11,383	11,273	11,240	11,164	11,058	10,954	10,851	10,751	10,652	10,555
Total of illnesses attributable to EOD	235,452	39,144	38,756	38,376	38,004	37,893	37,638	37,280	36,928	36,583	36,244	35,912	32,960
Australian average annual GDP (2005–2012)		1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769
Health cost of EOD as a percentage of GDP		3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%	3.0%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%
Scenario B: VSL = $9.6 million
Anxiety	40,797	9791	9694	9599	9506	9479	9415	9325	9237	9151	9066	8983	8901
Depression	73,673	17,682	17,507	17,335	17,167	17,117	17,002	16,840	16,681	16,525	16,372	16,222	16,074
PTSD	51,142	12,274	12,152	12,033	11,917	11,882	11,802	11,690	11,579	11,471	11,365	11,261	11,158
Psychological disorders^a	69,840	16,762	16,596	16,433	16,273	16,226	16,117	15,963	15,813	15,665	15,520	15,378	15,238
Total of illnesses attributable to EOD	235,452	56,508	55,949	55,400	54,863	54,703	54,335	53,818	53,310	52,812	52,323	51,843	51,371
Australian average annual GDP (2005–2012)		1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769	1,256,769
Health cost of EOD as a percentage of GDP		4.5%	4.5%	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%	4.3%	4.3%	4.2%	4.2%	4.2%	4.1%	4.1%

Note: This table is a sensitivity analysis of the results reported in Table 6 at a range of discount rates for three scenarios: Panel A assuming a value of statistical life of $3.7 million, Panel B $6.65 million, and Panel C $9.6 million. The benchmark discount rate and the associated values are indicated in bold numbers. Values reported in columns 1–11 are in millions of dollars unless indicated otherwise
^aExcluding anxiety, depression and PTSD

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