Estimated non-healthcare costs of CVD and cancer in European countries

Estimated country-based non-healthcare costs (in thousand €) of CVD (total, IHD and cerebrovascular disease) in the EU in 2015, and cancer in the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland in 2018

CVD = cardiovascular disease; IHD = ischaemic heart disease; na = not assessed. Estimates cannot be directly compared between countries as no adjustment for price differentials has been made.

Non-healthcare costs are in million € (estimates for productivity losses and informal care).

	CVD ( EHN 2017 )	IHD ( EHN 2017 )	Cerebrovascular Disease ( EHN 2017 )	Cancer (Hofmarcher et al 2020)
Belgium	2,247	819	567	3,343
Bulgaria	605	186	150	266
Czechia	1,300	483	284	969
Denmark	1,193	404	298	2,436
Germany	29,201	10,966	7,185	21,027
Estonia	311	117	74	160
Ireland	951	451	199	819
Greece	1,242	640	250	1,080
Spain	7,607	3,003	1,659	6,919
France	8,407	3,835	2,321	14,946
Croatia	535	231	128	721
Italy	12,507	4,858	3,553	10,373
Cyprus	132	64	24	73
Latvia	338	142	81	164
Lithuania	411	187	99	229
Luxembourg	96	43	21	160
Hungary	1,059	524	337	755
Malta	63	28	14	40
Netherlands	3,426	1,342	905	4,854
Austria	2,218	987	687	1,759
Poland	4,315	1,628	1,113	3,141
Portugal	1,654	641	572	1,218
Romania	1,560	640	423	917
Slovenia	294	116	65	382
Slovakia	615	240	133	502
Finland	925	331	293	1,050
Sweden	1,824	659	526	2,281
United Kingdom	14,318	6,889	3,318	11,311
EU	99,354	40,454	25,279	91,895
Iceland	-	-	-	104
Norway	-	-	-	1,637
Switzerland	-	-	-	2,790

Originally published	22 Jan 2021
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Estimated non-healthcare costs of CVD and cancer in European countries

Estimated country-based non-healthcare costs (in thousand €) of CVD (total, IHD and cerebrovascular disease) in the EU in 2015, and cancer in the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland in 2018

CVD
( EHN 2017 )

IHD
( EHN 2017 )

Cerebrovascular Disease
( EHN 2017 )

Cancer
(Hofmarcher et al 2020)

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Supporting policy with scientific evidence

Estimated non-healthcare costs of CVD and cancer in European countries

Estimated country-based non-healthcare costs (in thousand €) of CVD (total, IHD and cerebrovascular disease) in the EU in 2015, and cancer in the EU, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland in 2018

CVD ( EHN 2017 )

IHD ( EHN 2017 )

Cerebrovascular Disease ( EHN 2017 )

Cancer (Hofmarcher et al 2020)

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