SAFETYNET
Economic Burden & Human Toll
Injuries cost us allEconomic Burden
Injury is a $7.1 billion per year financial drain.
Alberta spends an estimated $4.6 billion annually in direct health care costs, and $2.4 billion in indirect costs for injury – that amounts to $1,668.00 for every Albertan (2017) each year.
On average, injuries are responsible for 6 deaths per day, making injury the leading cause of death for Albertans aged 1-44.
Adding it up
The real-time cost counter you see above estimates the current cost of injuries to the healthcare system in Alberta. $4.6 billion in direct healthcare costs, tallied for the 2017 fiscal year, is divided into dollars spent per second, and is incrementally counting since 1 January, 2020. When the indirect costs of an injury are taken into account, such as lost wages, the toll increases to $7.1 billion dollars each year.
The cost of these injuries continues to grow, and has increased by 76% since 2010.
In Alberta in 2017, preventable injuries resulted in:
- 2,230 Deaths
- 8,783 Albertans partially or totally permanently disabled
- 37,827 Hospital admissions
- 510,113 Emergency Department visits
The vast majority of injuries in Alberta and Canada are both predictable and preventable. IPC is dedicated to making the safe choice the easy choice for all Albertans
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