VETERAN SUICIDES: Statistics from the VA
Here are figures on veteran suicides nationwide from a report released in September by the Department of Veterans Affairs:
There were more than 6,000 veteran suicides each year from 2008 to 2016.
From 2005 to 2016, veteran and non-veteran adult suicide rates increased 25.9 percent and 20.6 percent, respectively.
In 2016, the suicide rate was 1.5 times greater for veterans than for non-veteran adults, after adjusting for age and gender.
In 2016, 69.4 percent of veteran suicides resulted from a firearm. In comparison, among U.S. non-veteran adults, 48.4 percent of suicides resulted from a firearm in 2016.
The suicide rate for veterans ages 18 to 34 increased substantially, from 40.4 suicide deaths per 100,000 population in 2015 to 45 suicide deaths per 100,000 population in 2016.
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