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Table 2 Average NHGDPLoss per death associated with EVD (Int$)

From: Indirect costs associated with deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa

Country

Total number of EVD deaths (A)

Total productivity loss in Int$, PPP (B)

Productivity loss per death associated with EVD in Int$, (C = B/A)

Guinea

2482

43,368,401

17,473

Liberia

4806

54,226,571

11,283

Mali

6

150,753

25,126

Nigeria

8

378,909

47,364

Sierra Leone

3932

57,538,610

14,633

Total

11,234

155,663,244

13,856a

  1. aThe overall average loss is NHGDPLoss (B) divided total deaths (A), i.e., $155,663,244/11234 = $13,856.44