Skip Navigation

Link to the National Institutes of Health NIDA NEWS NIDA News RSS Feed
The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Keep Your Body Healthy
Go to the Home pageGo to the About Nida pageGo to the News pageGo to the Meetings & Events pageGo to the Funding pageGo to the Publications page
PhysiciansResearchersParents/TeachersStudents/Young AdultsEn Español

The Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the United States - 1992

Appendix B, Table B.7

Productivity Losses Due to Incarceration by Type of Offense and Sex, 1992 (millions of dollars)

Type of Offense Alcohol Abuse Drug Abuse Total
Total Males Females Total Males Females Males Females Total

Homicide

 1,158 1,105 53 610 582 28 1,687 81 1,768

Assault

 1,156 1,103 53 197 188 9 1,291 62 1,353

Sexual Assault

 816 813 3 185 184 1 997 3 1,001

Robbery

 209 199 10 1,670 1,593 77 1,792 86 1,879

Burglary

 207 197 10 1,724 1,645 79 1,843 89 1,931

Larceny - Theft

 82 78 4 865 826 40 904 43 947

Auto Theft

 42 40 2 81 77 4 117 6 122

Drug Laws

 0 0 0 12,443 11,872 571 11,872 571 12,443

Receiving Stolen Property

 0 0 0 132 126 6 126 6 132

Drunk Driving

 1,515 1,446 7,076 0 0 0 1,446 70 1,515

Liquor Laws

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Drunkenness, Vice, Vagrancy

 263 251 12 0 0 0 251 12 263
Total 5,449 5,233 215 17,907 17,093 814 22,326 1,030 23,356

Source: U.S. Department of Justice (1994g), tables 6.17, 6.21, and 6.29; pp. 591-600.
Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.
[NIDA Home Page][Economic Costs Index][Use the Back Button on Your Browser to Return to the Previous Page]

NIDA Home | Site Map | Search | FAQs | Accessibility | Privacy | FOIA (NIH) | Employment | Print Version


National Institutes of Health logo_Department of Health and Human Services Logo The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Questions? See our Contact Information. Last updated on Friday, May 19, 2006. The U.S. government's official web portal