Mortality, hospital days and treatment costs of current and reduced sugar consumption in Israel

Table 5 Average annual mortality, morbidity decreases and cost savings (NIS) by sugar consumption goals

		Lower 95% limit	Upper 95% limit
10% of energy from sugar in 5 years
Averted:-
Deaths	237	122	325
General hospital days	9917	4993	13,068
Caries	179,625	153,843	205,050
Savings (NIS):-
Fewer fillings	40,276,302	34,495,259	45,977,166
Overweight & obesity treatment	80,854,527	47,172,679	143,248,124
Total direct costs (NIS):	121,130,829	81,667,937	189,225,290
Indirect costs	58,375,715	36,166,004	105,129,999
Total societal costs (NIS)	179,506,544	117,833,941	294,355,290
% of per capita GDP	0.02%	0.01%	0.03%
5% of energy from sugar in 15 years
Averted:-
Deaths	494	254	677
General hospital days	20,699	10,423	27,277
Caries	336,484	288,187	384,111
Savings (NIS):-
Fewer fillings	75,447,779	64,618,411	86,126,949
Overweight & obesity treatment	168,767,366	98,463,364	299,001,300
Total direct costs (NIS):	244,215,145	163,081,775	385,128,250
Indirect costs	121,847,423	75,489,171	219,437,473
Total Societal Costs (NIS)	366,062,568	238,570,946	604,565,723
% of per capita GDP	0.03%	0.02%	0.05%

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