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DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES

Table 19. Estimated Productivity Losses Due to Drug Abuse, 1992–2000 ($ Millions)

Year	Premature death	Drug abuse related illness	Institution- alization/ hospital- ization	Productivity loss of victims of crime	Incarceration	Crime careers	Total
1992	14,575	14,205	1,477	2,059	17,907	19,198	69,421
1993	21,095	13,766	1,502	2,488	19,366	19,755	77,972
1994	21,905	15,845	1,683	2,554	21,095	19,603	82,685
1995	22,943	17,737	1,872	2,377	22,983	20,172	88,085
1996	19,697	20,270	1,533	2,332	24,833	23,758	92,423
1997	16,771	19,916	1,662	2,293	27,221	26,608	94,470
1998	16,611	23,143	1,786	2,165	30,133	24,627	98,467
1999¹	17,439	24,298	1,849	2,118	32,793	25,856	104,353
2000¹	18,256	25,435	1,915	2,217	35,601	27,066	110,491

¹Figures for 1999 and 2000 are projections based on observable trends for 1992–1998.

Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in the United States, 1992–1998 (September 2001).