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- Feb 3, 2024
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Een zelfdoding kost de maatschappij 2,8 miljoen euro, 113 wil meer aandacht voor preventie
2,8 miljoen euro. Zoveel kost het de maatschappij als één persoon in ons land zelfmoord pleegt. Zelfmoordpreventielijn 113 liet dat uitrekenen. De organisatie wil structureel meer aandacht voor preventie. "Het staat nu niet hoog op de prioriteitenlijst."
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2.8 million euros. That's how much it costs society if one person in our country commits suicide. Suicide prevention line 113 had this calculated. The organization wants more structural attention to prevention. "It's not high on the priority list right now."
Meike Baretta from 113 explains why the calculation is important. "Every year, billions are allocated to reduce the number of road deaths. This is done because it has been calculated what a road death costs society. And that is why investments are made to reduce the number and amount."
5.5 billion annually
When it comes to suicide, according to 113, too little is being done. By calculating the amount, the prevention line hopes to provide insight into what one suicide causes. Research agency Deloitte was called in to investigate this.
"After calculation, it amounts to an amount of 2.8 million euros per suicide," Baretta says. "With five suicides per day and more than 1,800 per year, you reach a total amount of 5.5 billion euros."
Direct, indirect and intangible Where does that enormous amount come from? Part of the amount comes from the direct costs after someone commits suicide: the deployment of an ambulance, police or fire brigade. A large part of the other costs are indirect and calculated because someone disappears from society. "For example, that person could have continued working and paying taxes for years," says Baretta. "They call this the 'human capital'." The last part of the amount consists of 'intangible costs': "If one person commits suicide, it affects 135 people around that person. Many surviving relatives are surprised and end up in a complex grieving process, with costs in the form of years of therapy, for example. Surviving relatives sometimes even become incapacitated
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