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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However it’s calculated, it’s a fucked up way to measure the severity of human suffering. The problem isn’t what it costs the country, the problem is that so many people in this country are so hopeless and have so little support that they take their own lives.