Table 7

Total cost estimates in US$PPP 2007, cost as % of GDP (2007), cost per capita, and total direct cost as % of GDP (PPP) 2007 in the 12 selected countries

Country/

Study Year

Total cost in PPP US$ 2007

(Million)

Cost as

% GDP (PPP)2007

Cost per capita

(PPP US$ 2007)

Total Direct cost as %GDP

Australia 1998-9 [7]

6,818.6

1.09

359.8

0.5

Canada 2002 [15]

13,406.3

1.24

428.04

0.63

France 1997[9]

22,376

1.44

384.4

0.72

Germany 2002 [12]

30,847.15

1.24

373.77

0.43

Japan 1987 [14]

62,461.8

3.15

511.85

0.62

The Netherlands 2001 [13]

3,314.22

0.6

206.49

0.31

New Zealand 1991 [8]

930.69-3,542.74

1.43-5.44

265.9-1,012.21

0.47-0.81

Portugal 1995 [24]

853.64

0.45

85.53

0.11

Sweden 2002 [11]

2,390-3,441

0.88-1.27

267.38-384.89

0.43-0.47

South Korea 2000 [5]

24,913.7

2.76

530.08

0.77

Thailand 2006 [25]

9,767.7

1.98

149.63

0.08

US 1998 [10]

234,854.2

2.11

850.86

0.58

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