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Table 2 Select model inputs for 5 key countries

From: Lost productivity due to premature mortality in developed and emerging countries: an application to smoking cessation

Country Life Expectancy- Mena Life Expectancy- Womena LF Participation- Menb LF Participation- Womenb Annual Wages- Men Annual Wages-Women Currency
Brazil 69.8 76.8 72.4 % 52.4 % 15,924 15,924 2009 Reals
China 72.1 75.7 79.7 % 67.5 % 29,213 29,213 2009 Yuan
Egypt 68.1 70.9 48.4 % 15.9 % 17,623 13,707 2009 Egyptian Pounds
United Kingdom 77.6 81.7 56.7 % 46.3 % 33,268 19,491 2009 British Poundsc
United States 75.7 80.7 72.3 % 58.9 % 42,224 34,164 2009 US Dollarsc
  1. [a] Life expectancy values used in the PVLE model vary by age person has lived until (in 5 year increments); these are for those <1 year old and are presented for illustrative purposes.
  2. [b] Labor force participation values used in the PVLE model vary by age (in 5 year increments); these are overall figures for the total population and are presented for illustrative purposes. Values for Brazil and Egypt are for 2007; Values for China, the United Kingdom and the United States are for 2008.
  3. [c] Wage inputs for the United Kingdom and the United States in the PVLE model vary by age (in 5 year increments); these are overall figures for the total working populations and presented here for illustrative purposes.
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