BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Total cost of suicidal attempt survivors among older adults in Korea, 2007–2021 (Unit: $1 million)

From: A brief report of the economic burden and epidemiological finding of suicide attempts among the older adults in Korea from 2007 to 2021

Variables			Suicide attempts total cost
Variables			2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total cost			0.167	0.044	0.104	0.093	0.125	0.100	0.177	0.292	0.508	0.545	0.792	0.985	0.998	1.283	1.591
Annual growth rate (%)				-73.71	137.01	-10.78	34.29	-20.17	78.11	64.45	74.31	7.29	45.22	24.42	1.31	28.58	23.95
Total number			92	59	75	89	105	109	154	205	357	439	543	641	637	625	736
Direct cost	Total		0.142	0.039	0.097	0.089	0.117	0.093	0.163	0.273	0.463	0.512	0.745	0.924	0.932	1.194	1.483
	Medical cost	Insured	0.082	0.024	0.070	0.063	0.081	0.066	0.114	0.194	0.327	0.379	0.558	0.712	0.723	0.938	1.174
		Uninsured	0.020	0.007	0.017	0.016	0.022	0.017	0.031	0.048	0.075	0.085	0.125	0.137	0.134	0.162	0.197
	Non-medical cost	Transportation	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.003	0.004	0.006	0.007	0.006	0.007	0.008
		Caregiver	0.038	0.008	0.010	0.009	0.013	0.010	0.018	0.030	0.058	0.044	0.057	0.068	0.069	0.088	0.104
Indirect cost	Productivity loss cost		0.025	0.005	0.007	0.004	0.008	0.006	0.014	0.018	0.045	0.033	0.046	0.061	0.066	0.089	0.108

Notes: Annual growth rate was calculated by {(Total cost of current year / Total cost of previous year)-1}*100

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