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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.
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