Indirect cost of occupational asthma for six case study individuals (2004 prices, £ per person per year)
| Cost component | Incidence | Latex or glutaraldehyde | Isocyanates | Flour or grain | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Net IB and IIDB | Taxpayer | +1525 | +1610 | +1610 | +1665 | +1635 | +1685 |
| SSP | Taxpayer | +24 to +33 | +24 to +33 | +24 to +33 | +24 to +33 | +24 to +33 | +24 to +33 |
| Subtotal | Taxpayer | +1549 to +1558 | +1634 to +1643 | +1634 to +1643 | +1689 to +1698 | +1659 to +1668 | +1709 to +1718 |
| Reduction in net income | Individual | +5935 | +2535 | +3030 | +1735 | +2535 | +1555 |
| Human costs of ill health (morbidity) | Individual | +145 to +238 | +145 to +238 | +145 to +238 | +145 to +238 | +145 to +238 | +145 to +238 |
| Subtotal | Individual | +6080 to +6173 | +2680 to +2773 | +3175 to +3268 | +1880 to +1973 | +2680 to +2773 | +1700 to +1793 |
| Cost sickness absence | Employer | +256 to +343 | +130 to +174 | +158 to +212 | +109 to +146 | +137 to +183 | +98 to +132 |
| Total indirect costs (annual) | Society | +7885 to +8074 | +4444 to +4590 | +4967 to +5123 | +3678 to +3817 | +4476 to +4624 | +3507 to +3643 |
| Expected mortality cost (one-off cost) | Individual | +90 to +135 | +70 to +105 | +90 to +135 | +70 to +105 | +90 to +135 | +70 to +105 |
| Labour turnover (one-off cost) | Employer | +130 to +520 | +130 to +520 | +93 to +372 | +93 to +372 | +78 to +312 | +78 to +312 |
| Total indirect costs (one-off) | Society | +220 to +655 | +200 to +625 | +183 to +507 | +163 to +477 | +168 to +447 | +148 to +417 |
SSP, statutory sick pay; IB, Incapacity Benefit; IIDB, Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.