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Table 2.

Suicides (Fatal Self‐Inflicted Injury) in 2013: Number and Economic Cost Per Suicide Comparison Between This Study and WISQARS by Age Category

Age category (years)	Number of suicides	Average cost per suicide		Ratio: this study/WISQARS
Age category (years)	Number of suicides	This study	WISQARS	Ratio: this study/WISQARS
0–4	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
5–14	395	$1,795,378	$1,264,705	1.42
15–24	4,878	$2,012,476	$1,410,138	1.43
25–44	12,899	$1,837,842	$1,225,050	1.50
45–64	15,756	$1,058,304	$625,188	1.69
65–74	3,794	$243,883	$175,739	1.39
75+	3,421	$66,218	$78,673	0.84
Unknown	6	$1,329,553	$1,033,346	1.29
All ages	41,149	$1,329,553	$858,981	1.55

Note. Cost estimates both for this study, which were based on Corso, et al. 2007, and for WISQARS from national cost of injury reports, 2010 (CDC, 2015a) are expressed in 2013 dollars. For deaths with age unknown, the average of all ages was used.