MaskMath

Costs of Deaths

Core Stats

Value of a US life: $10MM (source)

US Population: 332MM

US Suicide

Annual US Suicides: 48,334 (2018)

Annual US Suicide Cost: $480b

Annual US Suicide Cost Per Capita: $1,446

US Cars

Annual US Car Deaths: 37,000

Annual US Car Death Cost: $370b

Annual US Car Death Cost Per Capita: $1,114

US Guns

Annual US Gun Non-Suicides: 13,958 (homicide, accident, police, undetermined)

Annual US Gun Non-Suicide Cost: $140b

Annual US Gun Non-Suicide Cost Per Capita: $422

US Swimming Pools

Annual US Drownings: 4,000 (mostly swimming pools)

Annual US Swimming Pool Death Cost: $40b

Annual US Swimming Pool Death Cost Per Capita: $120

US Masks

Annualized US COVID Deaths: 127,838 (June 2021, trough of flu season, Delta variant not dominant yet)

Annualized US COVID Death Cost: $1,278b

Annual US COVID Death Cost Per Capita: $3,855

AZ Masks

AZ COVID Deaths Per Day: 11 (June 2021, trough of flu season, Delta variant not dominant yet)

Annualized AZ COVID Deaths: 4,018 (June 2021, trough of flu season, Delta variant not dominant yet)

Annualized AZ cost of COVID Deaths: $40b

AZ Population: 7,520,103

Annualized AZ COVID Death Cost Per Capita: $5,319