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Table 1 Mean hours/year of informal care required by health conditions

From: Making visible the cost of informal caregivers’ time in Latin America: a case study for major cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory diseases in eight countries

Health condition

Mean hours/year

IC 95%

IL

UL

Acute Myocardial Infarction (first year)

374

321

427

Coronary event no AMI (first year)

351

299

405

Coronary event (care post-event)

183

128

237

Stroke (first year)

555

500

606

Stroke (year 2 +)

379

325

431

Pneumonia

131

77

183

Mild COPDa

0

0

55

Moderate COPDa

250

197

303

Severe COPDa

2,086

2,033

2,139

Lung cancer

1,290

1,237

1,343

Mouth cancer

877

825

931

Esophageal cancer

1,436

1,383

1,489

Stomach cancer

1,825

1,770

1,876

Pancreatic cancer

1,825

1,770

1,876

Kidney cancer

706

653

759

Laryngeal cancer

804

752

858

Leukemia

512

460

566

Bladder cancer

1,202

1,150

1,256

Neck cancer

813

759

865

  1. aCOPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease