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Table 2 Annual number of births with excess exposure, average hair-Hg concentration, IQ benefit from prevention of excess exposure, and the value of the IQ benefits

From: Economic benefits of methylmercury exposure control in Europe: Monetary value of neurotoxicity prevention

Country

Number of births above 0.58 μg/g

Average concentration above 0.58 μg/g

Benefit in IQ points

Value of 1 IQ point (Euro)

Total benefit (million Euro)

 

Modelled

Observed

 

Modelled

Observed

 

Modelled

Observed

Austria

3,812

5,213

0.917

597

817

16,044

9.6

13.1

Belgium

39,686

36,506

0.939

6,625

6,094

16,458

109.0

100.3

Bulgaria

3,186

3,263

1.455

1,296

1,328

7,529

9.8

10.0

Croatia

21,769

22,776

1.355

7,845

8,208

11,320

88.8

92.9

Cyprus

3,514

3,376

1.311

1,195

1,148

13,747

16.4

15.8

Czech Republic

5,143

5,980

0.847

639

742

10,797

6.9

8.0

Denmark

22,815

23,790

1.027

4,742

4,945

20,220

95.9

100.0

Estonia

1,840

1,600

0.846

228

198

10,339

2.4

2.0

Faroe Islands

406

423

1.323

140

146

20,220

2.8

2.9

Finland

6,843

5,950

0.846

846

736

17,288

14.6

12.7

France

405,528

364,892

0.989

70,186

69,397

17,363

1,218.6

1,204.9

Germany

33,443

45,728

0.917

5,241

7,166

15,292

80.1

109.6

Greece

94,403

92,274

1.563

50,131

49,000

13,201

661.8

646.9

Hungary

892

823

0.884

126

116

9,691

1.2

1.1

Ireland

7,104

7,992

0.946

1,209

1,360

17,927

21.7

24.4

Italy

378,315

(378,315)

1.045

81,801

(81,801)

17,062

1,395.7

(1,395.7)

Latvia

2,741

2,383

0.846

339

295

11,568

3.9

3.4

Lithuania

4,037

3,510

0.846

499

434

9,661

4.8

4.2

Luxembourg

1,870

1,831

1.212

550

538

17,062

9.4

9.2

Malta

2,690

(2,690)

1.045

582

(582)

11,111

6.5

6.5

Netherlands

45,227

42,827

0.909

6,919

6,552

15,857

109.7

103.9

Norway

16,759

16,759

0.866

2,237

2,229

20,051

44.8

44.7

Poland

6,218

7,047

0.751

494

560

9,979

4.9

5.6

Portugal

94,349

94,977

1.482

39,573

39,836

12,221

483.6

486.8

Romania

9,098

9,320

1.455

3,702

3,797

8,187

30.3

31.1

Slovakia

2,468

3,117

0.899

366

462

10,037

3.7

4.6

Slovenia

4,840

4,796

1.194

1,382

1,369

11,939

16.5

16.3

Spain

479,775

460,023

2.136

347,137

332,845

13,558

4,706.5

4,512.7

Sweden

12,570

10,930

0.846

1,555

1,352

17,167

26.7

23.2

Switzerland

6,520

3.835

0.902

976

574

18,346

17.9

10.5

United Kingdom

248,647

246,200

0.81

26,593

26,338

15,324

407.5

403.5

EU Total

1,926,652

1,865,365

 

654,551

639,804

 

9,458

9,256

  1. Data are for European countries with information on methylmercury exposure distributions. For countries without detailed observed data available, the modelled results are given in parenthesis. Sources of underlying data are as in Table 1.
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