Healthcare in a Changing Climate 2025

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Potentially preventable impacts – by diseases and health conditions FIGURE 3 Treatment costs Productivity loss50%49% 49% 49%Deaths, thousands $, billions DALY, millio ns DALY, %2Diseases Health outcome s 44% Malaria Infectious diseases 63% Dengue Chol era3 58%Generalized anxi ety disorder (GAD) Mental health issues Post-traumatic str ess disor der (P TSD) 45% Stunting Malnutrition Hypertension Cardiovascul ar diseas es Ischemic heart disease3 Fatalitie s and i njuries3Fatalitie s and i njuries Heat-r elated diseases Heat-r elated diseases 57% Asthma Respiratory diseases 6,495 5,836 97653% TotalPotentially preventable impacts1 180 66 4 220 51 397 103 1 51702 1 11 366 110 19 N/A 1,298 54 120 410 803 253,590 450 8989 25 671 113 753 37 3,52249% 60% 69139 1. Excluding 8% average overlap between interventions. Totals rounded up to nearest percentage point, million, billion or thousand. 2. PTSD does not lead to premature mortality. 3. Preventable impacts for cholera, ischemic heart disease, and fatalities and injuries are assessed based on averages across diseases. Source: World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman analysis. Healthcare in a Changing Climate: Investing in Resilient Solutions 14
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