But the military pays disability benefits that are markedly lower than the value of lost earnings. Similarly, payments for those who are killed amount to only $500,000, which is far less than standard estimates of the lifetime economic cost of a death, sometimes referred to as the statistical value of a life ($6.1 to $6.5 million).
当然，受伤以及阵亡的最大部分由士兵以及家属们承担。但是，军队所支付的残疾抚恤金大大低于损失的收入价值。同样，阵亡抚恤金仅仅是50万美元，大大低于死亡的一生全部经济成本的标准估计。有时也把它称作生命的统计学价值（在610万美元到650万美元之间）。