According to a study by Wang Jung-teh and Tsao Chao-yi of National Taiwan University's Institute of Public Health, during 1989 alone Taiwan lost total income of over NT $ 7.7 billion through suicide. The figure would be far higher if the accumulated cost of medical treatment, and of the time and cost to the relatives of those who killed themselves could be factored into the equation.
根據台大公共衛生研究所王榮德、曹昭懿的研究，光是民國七十八年，台灣因自殺損失的薪資所得就高達新台幣七十七億多元，若再加上自殺的醫療費用、安養費用、家人親友投注的時間及承受的負擔，損失更是難以估量。