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The Economic Cost of Environmental Factors Among North Carolina Children Living in Substandard Housing

David Chenoweth, PhD, Chris Estes, MSW, MRP and Christopher Lee, MA

David Chenoweth is with Chenoweth & Associates Inc, New Bern, NC, and the Department of Health Education and Promotion, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Chris Estes is with the North Carolina Housing Coalition, Raleigh. Christopher Lee is with ViQuest Inc, Greenville, NC.


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  		FIGURE 1— Sample proportionate risk factor cost appraisal of congenital birth defects.

Note. The commercial group was children with employer-provided or privately purchased health insurance.

 

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  		FIGURE 2— Sample framework of indirect costs of lead poisoning in North Carolina.

aNumber of children multiplied by lifetime earnings multiplied by percentage of IQ loss; cost is in 1997 dollars.

bEmployment cost index inflation rate.

cApproximate proportion of North Carolina children living in substandard housing.

dThe value 1.00 indicates that 100% of lead poisoning cases are attributable to the environment.

eIndirect cost of lead poisoning in North Carolina in 2006 dollars.

 




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