A study revealed a study that people who die early in cancer cost the UK economy 10.3 billion pounds annually, more than any other health condition.
This is the total cost of lost productivity, which is 350,000 years old registered throughout Britain every year because adults died prematurely of the disease cancer Research in the United Kingdom (Cruk).
Every early death costs the economy with an average of 61,000 pounds, according to the discussion of the first charity in the amount of what the country loses as a result of the increasing diagnostic and death diagnoses.
In 2021, cancer caused the loss of more productive years than any other – 350,000 years. The heart problems led to 257,000 years of productivity lost in that year, while the diseases of the digestive system caused 123,000 lost years and breathing conditions 85,000 years.
“Cancer has an unbearable effect on patients and their loved ones. But this report reveals that there is also a great economic cost. Behind the numbers in this report are real people-friends, family and colleagues-whose lives are shortened through cancer. By improving cancer survival, we can also have a positive effect on our economy,” said Cruk CEO Michel Mitchell.
The results come at a time when the ministers are struggling with how 2.8 million people across the United Kingdom are very patients to work amid a slow economy.
The charity reached its conclusions by offering the age of the person upon death from the age of his expected death. Then they calculated the economic value for the years of life that was lost to cancer by estimating the total expected profits of this person and measuring the amount of what he lost.
The cost of deaths from UK lung cancer is more than any other form of disease – 1.7 billion pounds. This costs bowel cancer 1.2 billion pounds, while breast cancer deaths cost 800 million pounds.
These are the three cancers that cause the largest deaths of the disease in the youngest ages, which leads to the most productive years of life. It also causes more deaths in men than women, because on average men earn more than women, leads to a greater financial loss.
The poll found that cancerous deaths between people under the age of 50 lead to the annual loss of 119,000 years of production and a loss of 3.2 billion pounds of the economy. These 119,000 missing years of 5900 people were between 15 and 49 years old in 2021.
Of 50 to 64 years of age, the number is higher -67,000 lost years per year, at a cost of 5.1 billion pounds.
David Vinci, Assistant Director of the Health Life Team in health ThinkTank said: “Cruk results are a realistic reminder of the increased cost of poor health and disability in the population of working age, which have become more clear.
“This issue will not disappear with a 25 % increase increased In the share of people of working age with major diseases that were diagnosed by 2040. “
More people are diagnosed with cancer and die more than ever, mainly due to the aging of the population and the effect of obesity.
There were 140,000 deaths annually from cancer between 1975 and 1977. The number rose to 176,000 a year during 2023-25. Cruk says that in current directions, it will increase to 208,000 deaths annually by 2038-40.
Vinci said that the planned cuts of the benefits will hinder the government’s ambition to get more people well enough to start working again. “The government’s approach to dealing with this matter is very short, with the planned cuts to prove disability is likely to increase the health of people and reduce their job opportunities.”
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said that its 10 -year health plan, which is being published next week, “will determine how we will use the latest technologies and technologies to improve the results of cancer and transform care to give more families hope to face this devastating disease.”
They said: “This includes the launch of DIY examination groups for cervical cancer, and more radiotherapy machines in each region and open more community diagnostic centers near the place where people live.” “We are also making progress in treating some of the biggest causes of cancer, including prominent tobacco and Vapes Bill to create the first smoking -free generation, and restrict unwanted food ads to treat obesity.”
