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United States military veteran suicide [1] [2] is an ongoing phenomenon regarding the high rate of suicide among U.S. military veterans in comparison to the general civilian public. [3] A focus on preventing veteran suicide began in 1958 with the opening of the first suicide prevention center in the United States.
Suicide in the military is the act of ending one's life during or after a career in the armed forces. US army suicide prevention poster, 2012 While suicide rates in military organizations vary internationally, official statistics in several countries show a consistently higher risk in certain subgroups.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:2024 deaths. It includes 2024 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. People who died by suicide and events and topics involving suicide(s) in the year 2024 .
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Suicide rates in the military increased in 2023, a slight uptick from 2022 that adds to a larger, troubling rise over the past decade. The annual report shows 523 service members died by suicide ...
On World Mental Health Day, the Department of Defense released data showing an alarming rise in suicides in the military.
In 2022, a record high 49,500 people died by suicide. [7] The 2022 rate was the highest level since 1941, at 14.3 per 100,000 persons. [8] This rate was surpassed in 2023, when it increased to over 14.7 per 100,000 persons. [9] In 2022, the male suicide rate was approximately four times that of females. [10]
Suicide rates spiked at the start of the housing and financial crash that came after 2007. Rates rose by as much as 2% a year for Black men, and by about 2.5% annually for White men.