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Table 2 Annual total cost of informal care time by health condition and country, in million 2020 dollars

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

Events

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

 

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Coronary events

1,206.51

[960.59–1494.79]

9,978.66

[7002.05–14,206.1]

935.49

[742.15–1166.83]

630.11

[477.81–832.7]

Stroke

707.36

[616.04–807.23]

3,130.90

[2384.63–4276.21]

987.86

[856.93–1132.09]

866.17

[698.89–1087.83]

Pneumonia

55.70

[33.43–90.93]

268.89

[153.33–474.47]

15.69

[9.44–25.36]

10.07

[5.85–16.94]

COPD

567.33

[509.02–642.47]

2,548.49

[1910.13–3516.07]

587.03

[518.7–672.79]

307.69

[246.62–388.59]

Lung cancer

102.83

[98.11–107.26]

300.94

[232.04–401.3]

67.44

[63.29–71.77]

27.54

[22.94–33.16]

Mouth cancer

19.72

[18.6–20.83]

142.54

[110.41–189.67]

9.55

[8.88–10.25]

7.80

[6.48–9.44]

Esophageal cancer

31.54

[30.18–32.87]

158.32

[122.1–208.94]

20.66

[19.41–22.03]

6.91

[5.81–8.32]

Stomach cancer

69.07

[66.81–71.4]

360.96

[278.67–475.97]

144.91

[136.79–153.04]

68.71

[57.35–82.65]

Pancreatics cancer

89.41

[86.65–92.27]

250.86

[194.25–330.21]

58.69

[55.6–61.95]

25.47

[21.26–30.56]

Kidney cancer

29.60

[27.59–31.94]

54.90

[42.59–72.37]

24.38

[22.44–26.78]

4.84

[3.98–5.96]

Laryngeal cancer

11.93

[11.11–12.77]

70.96

[54.98–94.28]

4.48

[4.13–4.87]

3.57

[2.97–4.37]

Leukemia

12.44

[874–2047]

47.33

[1577-404]

9.97

[703–1301]

6.22

[431–789]

Bladder cancer

42.02

[2999–6767]

142.80

[4755–12039]

27.62

[1979–3643]

9.48

[679–1188]

Neck cancer

28.70

[2046–4636]

109.07

[3686–9376]

18.30

[1306–2415]

14.10

[1007-177]

Total

$2974

 

$17,566

 

$2,912

 

$1,989

 

Total per million inhabitants

$145,763,411

 

$178,995,457

 

$298,011,466

 

$90,486,014

 

Events

Costa Rica

 

Ecuador

 

Mexico 

 

 Peru

 
 

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Mean

IC 95%

Coronary events

220.30

[175.24–274.43]

430.81

[199.72–895.89]

1,133.99

[908.82–1406.62]

168.23

[76.43–339.72]

Stroke

43.38

[38.08–49.5]

355.88

[161.44–740.31]

901.44

[794.6–1027.03]

459.42

[212.99–919.51]

Pneumonia

2.74

[1.68–4.4]

13.36

[5.75–31.49]

36.38

[23.25–59.09]

34.67

[14.54–79.57]

COPD

52.37

[47.12–59.11]

160.78

[75.02–333.08]

482.16

[433.79–548.29]

449.68

[214.07–902.86]

Lung cancer

5.43

[5.2–5.63]

10.99

[5.15–21.97]

33.35

[32.09–89.14]

28.04

[13.63–54.82]

Mouth cancer

1.82

[1.72–1.92]

3.05

[1.4–6.09]

10.43

[9.87–27.91]

9.10

[4.36–18.16]

Esophageal cancer

1.55

[1.5–1.61]

3.18

[1.49–6.44]

7.21

[6.97–19.16]

5.75

[2.81–11.42]

Stomach cancer

18.78

[18.28–19.27]

46.44

[21.91–93.64]

55.29

[53.77–147.05]

93.26

[45.23–185.35]

Pancreatics cancer

6.30

[6.14–6.47]

11.76

[5.5–23.84]

37.60

[36.56–100.07]

28.69

[13.96–56.58]

Kidney cancer

1.46

[1.36–1.57]

3.00

[1.38–6.24]

12.33

[11.5–32.48]

9.33

[4.45–18.35]

Laryngeal cancer

1.06

[0.99–1.13]

1.35

[0.63–2.78]

4.87

[4.55–12.75]

2.00

[0.93–3.94]

Leukemia

1.46

[123–168]

4.15

[342-49]

8.21

[274–2175]

7.76

[645–1022]

Bladder cancer

2.92

[255–332]

4.61

[388–541]

9.87

[326–2604]

9.52

[804–1233]

Neck cancer

2.69

[231–308]

11.83

[991–1382]

22.12

[711–5974]

27.02

[2275–3532]

Total

$362

 

$1,061

 

$2,755

 

$1,332

 

Total per million inhabitants

$157,517,703

 

$167,508,373

 

$53,193,394

 

$99,509,016