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WVU Researchers Estimate Cost Of 'Injury Deaths Of Despair,' Including Suicide, Exceeds $1 Trillion Annually In The U.S.
February 10, 2023
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 10 (TNSfund)(TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news:

Self-injury deaths cost the United States more than $1 trillion a year in medical expenses and work and quality of life losses, according to new West Virginia University research.

West Virginia has by far the highest estimated annual costs for these deaths at $6,534 per person. These findings are published in BMC Public Health.

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