Economic Cost of U.S. Suicide and Nonfatal Self-harm

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INTRODUCTION: The U.S. age-adjusted suicide rate is 35% higher than two decades ago and the COVID-19 pandemic era highlighted the urgent need to address nonfatal self-harm, particularly among youth. This study aimed to report the estimated annual economic cost of U.S. suicide and nonfatal self-harm.

METHODS: In 2023 CDC's WISQARS Cost of Injury provided the retrospective number of suicides and nonfatal self-harm injury emergency department (ED) visits from national surveillance sources by sex and age group, as well as the estimated annual economic cost of associated medical spending, lost work productivity, reduced quality of life from injury morbidity, and avoidable mortality based on the value of statistical life during 2015-2020.

RESULTS: The economic cost of suicide and nonfatal self-harm averaged $510 billion (2020 USD) annually, the majority from life years lost to suicide. Working-aged adults (aged 25-64 years) comprised nearly 75% of the average annual economic cost of suicide ($356B of $484B) and children and younger adults (aged 10-44 years) comprised nearly 75% of the average annual economic cost of nonfatal self-harm injuries ($19B of $26B).

CONCLUSIONS: Suicide and self-harm have substantial societal costs. Measuring the consequences in terms of comprehensive economic cost can inform investments in suicide prevention strategies.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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American journal of preventive medicine - (2024) vom: 12. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Peterson, Cora [VerfasserIn]
Haileyesus, Tadesse [VerfasserIn]
Stone, Deborah M [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.amepre.2024.03.002

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NLM36969273X