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Table 5 Deaths, hospital utilization and costs from PM2.5 (Israel 2015)

From: Mortality, hospital days and expenditures attributable to ambient air pollution from particulate matter in Israel

 

Total

WHO

WIDE

MAXI

Deaths

44,354

1609

1908

2253

  

3.6 %

4.3 %

5.1 %

Hospital days

5,172,000

183,276

348,039

591,014

  

3.5 %

6.7 %

11.4 %

General Hospital Costs

$4,495,153,288

$167,941,477

$318,918,656

$541,563,409

 As % of Gen Hosp costs

 

3.7 %

7.1 %

12.0 %

All Health Costs

$22,432,880,000

$541,213,353

$1,027,757,036

$1,745,258,843

 As % of all health costs

 

2.4 %

4.6 %

7.8 %

Mortality Costs

 Friction costs

$69,686,591

$2,461,150

$2,680,943

$3,366,447

Total Costs

$22,502,566,591

$543,674,503

$1,030,437,979

$1,748,625,290

 % of GNP

7.6 %

0.18 %

0.35 %

0.59 %

Value of Statistical Life

(GNP per capita based)

$16,346,340,983

$583,629,920

$631,308,623

$796,589,039