| Total population exposed to >25 mg/L NO3 | Total incidence of colon cancer (1993-1997) | Additional colon cancer cases due to nitrate per year | Total number of lost healthy life years | Total number of lost life years from premature death | Monetary value of loss of (healthy) life years | Unit health damage cost from N-leaching agricultural land | |
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 | % | x1000 | x1000 | x1000 | x1000 | million euro/year | euro/capita | euro/kg |
Austria | 8.8 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
Belgium | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 23 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Denmark | 16.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 35 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
Finland | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
France | 9.7 | 19.8 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 202 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
Germany | 8.9 | 42.0 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 393 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
Ireland | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
Italy | 6.8 | 28.3 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 202 | 3.5 | 1.9 |
Netherlands | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 20 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
Spain | 3.8 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 51 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
UK | 2.0 | 20.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 43 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
EU11 | 6.5 | 139 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 1000 | 2.9 | 0.7 |