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. 2018 Sep 6;15(9):1940. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15091940

Table 4.

The total economic cost of youth suicide, Australia, 2014, by age and sex.

Variable Years of Life Lost 1 Year of Productive Life Lost 1 Economic Cost (AU$) Total
Direct Indirect Intangible
Age 15–19
Female 2159 882 $311,057 $38,830,479 $2,766,720 $41,908,256
Male 4849 2104 $748,482 $139,745,447 $6,657,420 $147,151,349
Person 7008 2986 $1,059,539 $181,686,489 $9,424,140 $192,170,168
Age 20–24
Female 3108 1228 $486,027 $54,711,657 $4,323,000 $59,520,684
Male 8628 3655 $1,438,641 $242,212,052 $12,796,080 $256,446,773
Person 11,736 4883 $1,924,668 $297,610,614 $17,119,080 $316,654,362
Age 15–24
Female 5267 2110 $797,084 $93,642,104 $7,089,720 $101,528,908
Male 13,477 5759 $2,187,123 $384,294,347 $19,453,500 $405,934,970
Persons 18,744 7869 $2,984,207 $481,580,670 $26,543,220 $511,108,097

1 Totals might deviate due to rounding.