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Table 8 Cost of work-related cancer by province (1996 to 2013)a

From: Costs of productivity loss due to occupational cancer in Canada: estimation using claims data from Workers’ Compensation Boards

Province

Total cost ($ ‘000)

95% CI of total cost ($ ‘000)

Average cost per year ($ ‘000)

95% CI of average cost per year ($ ‘000)

Average cost per case ($ ‘000)

95% CI of cost per case ($ ‘000)

Alberta

87,839

(80,138 – 95,539)

4,879

(3,065 – 6,695)

116

(106 – 126)

British Columbia

129,037

(120,199 – 137,874)

7,169

(5,086 – 9,252)

104

(97 – 111)

Manitoba

6,597

(5,184 – 8,010)

439

(75 – 805)

52

(41 – 63)

New Brunswick

2,763

(1,022 – 4,503)

691

(−179 – 1,561)

163

(60 – 265)

Newfoundland

16,696

(12,939 – 20,454)

1,518

(385 – 2,651)

145

(113 – 178)

Nova Scotia

40,492

(38,065 – 42,929)

4,049

(3,282 – 4,817)

133

(91 – 176)

Nunavut/NWT

660

(−469 – 1,789)

661

(−469 – 1,789)

165

(−117 – 447)

Ontario

707,281

(678,589 – 735,973)

39,293

(32,531 – 46,056)

199

(192 – 208)

Prince Edward Island

919

(122 – 1,716)

919

(122 – 1,716)

92

(12 – 172)

Quebec

225,001

(213,711 – 236,289)

12,500

(9,839 – 15,161)

97

(92 – 102)

Saskatchewan

2,014

(1,054 – 2,974)

403

(−26 – 832)

72

(38 – 106)

Yukon

9,464

(6,134 – 12,793)

3,155

(1,232 – 5,077)

193

(125 – 261)

Total for Canada

1,228,763

(1,208,669 – 1,248,856)

68,265

(63,529 – 73,001)

149

(146 – 151)

  1. aRounded to nearest 1000 Canadian dollars, including only years for which data were available. Negative confidence interval caused by small number of observations, and high variance of specific provinces, e.g. NU. There are only 1 year data for both NU and PEI, so their total cost equal average cost per year