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APPENDIX Q: Variation in costs and mortality within
a 5-year horizon

Table 5
5-year Horizon

(HKD million) Base Scenario Scenario 1 Scenario 2
Screening cost N/A 753.10 753.16

Intervention costs N/A 1,228.66 1,252.53
Complication costs 3,371.30 2,869.94 2,759.84
Total costs 3,371.30 4,851.70 4,765.53
DM-related mortality 3,365 3,245 1,660

Total premature 9,312 9,191 7,607
mortality
Note: Premature mortality is defined as the sum of deaths related to diabetes, deaths related to prediabetes, and deaths
due to all-cause mortality as defined by the Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR.

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