The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity: an Australian example

Table 2 Health status and production effects from reducing the prevalence of physical inactivity

Benefit	Feasible reduction target^a
		95% Confidence Interval
	Mean ('000s)	Lower Limit ('000s)	Upper Limit ('000s)
DALYs	25	n/a	n/a
Incidence of disease	6	n/a	n/a
Mortality	2	n/a	n/a
*Lifetime*
Leisure (days)	316	300	331
Absenteeism (days)	114	n/a	n/a
Days out of home based production role (days)	180	155	206
Early retirement (persons)	0.02	n/a	n/a
	Progressive target reduction
DALYs	12	n/a	n/a
Incidence of disease	3	n/a	n/a
Mortality	1	n/a	n/a
*Lifetime*
Leisure (days)	158	150	166
Absenteeism (days)	57	n/a	n/a
Days out of home based production role (days)	90	77	103
Early retirement (persons)	0.01	n/a	n/a

^a10% net reduction in prevalence. Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), incidence of disease and mortality calculated for all age groups. Leisure and home based production calculated for persons aged 15+ years. Absenteeism and early retirement calculated for persons aged 15-64 years. All estimates uncorrected for joint effects.

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