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Table 5 Annual costs separated by group of diseases (women and men)

From: The costs of overweight and obesity-related diseases in the Brazilian public health system: cross-sectional study

Group of diseases

Ambulatory costs

Hospitalization costs

Total costs

Cardiovascular

All cardiovascular

US$ 87,4 million

US$ 664,0 million

US$ 751,4 million

 

Coronary artery disease

US$ 65,1 million

US$ 389,7 million

US$ 454,9 million

 

Cardiac failure

US$ 1,5 million

US$ 158,4 million

US$ 159,9 million

 

Arterial hypertension

US$ 13,5 million

US$ 21,9 million

US$ 35,5 million

 

Stroke

US$ 7,1 millions

US$ 93,9 million

US$ 101,0 million

Neoplasms*

 

US$ 239,6 million

US$ 60,1 million

US$ 299,8 million

Asthma

 

US$ 12,4 million

US$ 21,6 million

US$ 34,1 million

Diabetes Mellitus**

 

US$ 851,715 thousand

US$ 21,8 million

US$ 23,7 million

Osteoarthritis***

 

US$ 3,9 million

US$ 5,8 million

US$ 9,7 million

  1. *Overweight and obesity related neoplasms **only as first diagnosis ***only knee and hip.