Military suicides for 2013

Military suicides decline, but data are incomplete
Air Force Times
By Patricia Kime
Staff writer
February 14, 2014

The number of military suicides declined significantly in 2013, a relief to the services after record and near-record levels in 2012.

But changes in suicide rates — a per capita measure — are unclear. And that information is vital to understanding the scope of the problem in a population that is dwindling through force reductions.

Pentagon data provided to Military Times show 296 suicides among active-duty troops and reserve or National Guard members on active duty in 2013, down 15.7 percent from the 2012 total of 351.

Coming off a record-setting year in 2012, the Navy had the biggest drop, nearly 22 percent, from 59 to 46 sailor deaths. The Army also saw a large decline, down nearly 19 percent from 185 suicides in 2012 to 150 last year.

The Air Force and Marine Corps both had near-record years in 2012; in 2013 they also experienced declines, with 55 airmen dying by suicide in 2013, down from 59 in 2012, and 45 Marines committing suicide in 2013, down from 48 the year before.
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Wounded Times · Top Commenter · Editor, Publisher and Videographer at Wounded Times Blog Would like to know why they did not released the Suicide Event Report for 2012 especially when that report includes attempted suicides. There has also been little information on the numbers for 2013 other than what is posted here. Did the military address the rise in younger veterans committing suicide at all?

Army 185-150=35 (Not counting National Guards and Reserves)
Navy 59-46=7
Air Force 59-55=4
Marines 48-45=3

Not impressive at all considering every branch has also had a reduction in enlisted personnel and the rate of younger veterans committing suicide has gone up. 517 revised from 2012?