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Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention

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Suicide is a significant social issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 800,000 people die by suicide each year. Although suicide rates have consistently been highest in the elderly, suicide is among the leading causes of death of youths in many countries.

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    　The suicide rate is the total number of suicide victims in a year divided by the population of the same year and then multiplied by 100,000.

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  1. Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuyuki Sawada

  2. Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

    Michiko Ueda

  3. Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

    Tetsuya Matsubayashi

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Sawada, Y., Ueda, M., Matsubayashi, T. (2017). Introduction. In: Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention. Economy and Social Inclusion. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1500-7_1

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