Economic Costs - Appendix B, Table B.1

Skip Navigation

The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Archives of the National Institute on Drug Abuse web site

Search the NIDA Archives

The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992

Appendix B, Table B.1

Present Value of Expected Lifetime Productivity, by Age, Gender, and Discount Rate, 1992

Age	Males				Females
	Discount Rate
	2%	3%	4%	6%	2%	3%	4%	6%
Under 1 year	$1,174,844	$796,868	$540,496	$266,965	$935,418	$640,454	$438,501	$222,167
1-4	1,207,409	839,078	583,109	302,060	960,870	674,044	472,838	251,248
5-9	1,264,125	917,724	666,246	376,014	1,005,589	736,918	540,030	312,633
10-14	1,329,488	1,013,187	772,138	479,322	1,057,268	813,330	625,674	398,408
15-19	1,383,643	1,102,512	878,501	593,485	1,090,748	875,812	703,230	485,386
20-24	1,392,669	1,150,311	950,129	684,166	1,074,606	891,211	739,115	539,655
25-29	1,339,809	1,138,472	967,391	730,411	1,005,998	854,739	726,223	551,397
30-34	1,234,571	1,074,547	935,265	734,474	903,020	782,758	678,513	531,583
35-39	1,086,645	966,071	858,876	698,385	780,158	688,551	607,701	489,820
40-44	906,233	821,251	744,239	624,795	645,701	579,387	519,884	430,309
45-49	703,411	648,453	597,788	516,717	507,196	462,055	420,932	357,186
50-54	495,242	463,193	433,218	383,990	372,678	344,084	317,684	275,684
55-59	306,461	289,856	274,150	247,882	251,866	235,173	219,586	194,239
60-64	162,855	155,004	147,532	134,871	154,264	145,280	136,819	122,803
65-69	81,016	77,404	73,953	67,993	86,717	82,194	77,907	70,665
70-74	40,266	38,785	37,359	34,865	46,380	44,265	42,247	38,763
75-79	17,167	16,568	15,989	14,985	23,260	22,372	21,517	20,005
80-84	8,412	8,181	7,957	7,543	10,999	10,673	10,357	9,777
85 & over	$2,450	$2,421	$2,392	$2,335	$2,659	$2,627	$2,595	$2,534

Source: Rice (1997), personal communication. The values for 3 percent were calculated as the geometric mean of the 2- and 4-percent rates, respectively, for males and females.

[Home Page][Economic Costs Index][Use the Back Button on Your Browser to Return to the Previous Page]

Archive Home | Accessibility | Privacy | FOIA (NIH) | Current NIDA Home Page

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Questions? See our Contact Information. .