Veterans 7% of population 22% of suicides

I just emailed them to let them know, if anyone is shocked, they just haven't done the research to give them a clue. It's all out there. I tried to warn about this back in 2009 and posted about how it can be tracked back to "resilience training" more than anything else.

Suicides Keep Rising among Vets, Americans
Source: Fars News Agency
Published: Wednesday 20 February, 2013

TEHRAN (FNA)- A new report released earlier this month by the Veterans Administration showed that suicides among US veterans has risen from an average of 18 per day to 22 per day.

The details also show that suicides among regular Americans are also escalating. For all self-inflicted deaths across the US, some 22.2 percent are carried out by veterans. At the same time, Vets make up just 7 percent of the overall population.

Suicide among Veterans

That's the title of a section of the latest VA report detailing suicides among veterans. 'Of the 147,763 suicides reported in 21 states, 27,062 (18.3%) were identified as having history of US military service on death certificates,' the report states, 'Among cases where history of US military service was reported, Veterans comprised approximately 22.2% of all suicides reported during the project period.'
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