Secondhand smoke globally kills more than 600,000 people each year, accounting for 1 percent of all deaths worldwide. Researchers estimate that annually secondhand smoke causes about 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 deaths from lower respiratory disease, 36,900 deaths from asthma, and 21,400 deaths from lung cancer. Children account for about 165,000 of the deaths. Forty percent of children and 30 percent of adults regularly breathe in secondhand smoke.
If the average adult produces $115,000 of output per year, how much output is lost annually as a result of adult deaths from secondhand smoke?
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To calculate the output lost annually as a result of adult deaths from secondhand smoke, we need to find the total number of adult deaths caused by secondhand smoke and then multiply it by the average output per year.
According to the given information, about 30% of adults regularly breathe in secondhand smoke, and there are 379,000 deaths from heart disease caused by secondhand smoke each year.
So, the total number of adult deaths from secondhand smoke annually can be calculated as:
30% of adults * 379,000 deaths = 0.3 * 379,000 = 113,700 deaths
Now, we can find the output lost annually by multiplying the number of adult deaths by the average output per year.
113,700 deaths * $115,000 output per death = $13,099,500,000
Therefore, the output lost annually as a result of adult deaths from secondhand smoke is approximately $13,099,500,000.