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TABLE C-7 Estimates of Costs and NIH Support of Related Research for the 10 Leading Diseases or Conditions Causing Death in the United States

Disease or Condition	No. of Deaths (in thousands; 1994)	Cost Estimate (in $ billions)		NIH Support in FY 1996 (in $ millions)
		Direct	Indirect^a
Heart diseases	732.4	$70.9^b	$54.9	$851.6
Cancer	534.3	27.5^c	68.7	2,570.6
Stroke	153.3	17.0^d	13.0	120.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allied conditions	101.6	16.5^b	11.1	62.4
Pneumonia and influenza	81.5	18.2^b	3.9	61.9
Diabetes	56.7	45.2^e	46.6	298.9
HIV infection and AIDS	42.1	10.3^e	NA	1,410.9
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	25.4	1.2^f	2.1	169.8
Kidney and urologic diseases	23.0	26.2^f	14.1	327.2
Septicemia	20.4	4.2^b	NA	10.9
NOTE: This list excludes non-disease-related causes of death: homicide, suicide, and injury. FY = fiscal year; NA = not available; and HIV = human immunodeficiency virus. ^a Indirect costs include costs due to mortality of patient (premature death), morbidity of patient (reduced productivity), services of unpaid caregivers, and other related non-health-care costs. ^b Year of reference, 1991. ^c Year of reference, 1990. ^d Year of reference, 1993. ^e Year of reference, 1992. ^f Year of reference, 1985. SOURCE: National Institutes of Health, 1997a.