About one million people (in US) attempt suicide a year and cost the nation $500 billion. How is this cost calculated and why is this figure so high ($500,000) for each attempt?

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About one million people (in US) attempt suicide a year and cost the nation $500 billion. How is this cost calculated and why is this figure so high ($500,000) for each attempt?

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500k isn’t even that high. Think about productivity, taxes, spendings… (virtuous circle, economic growth etc). That’s why they are against suicide, not because they care about you as a person lol