# value of life

> economic value used to quantify the benefit of avoiding a fatality. It is also referred to as the cost of life, value of preventing a fatality (VPF), implied cost of averting a fatality (ICAF), and value of a statistical life (VSL)

**Wikidata**: [Q582249](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582249)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_a_statistical_life)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/value-of-life


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