Navy suicides for 2013 44

Navy suicides drop from peak in '12
Culture change helping sailors overcome, act
Army Times
By Mark D. Faram
Staff writer
Feb. 2, 2014

The Navy made great strides in driving down the number of sailor suicides last year, a success officials credit to more robust awareness programs and the fleet.

The Navy suicide rate hit a record high in 2012, and was lower in 2013— but still remains too high, officials say.

“We’re seeing positive signs and the trend is down, though we’re far, far away from doing any kind of end-zone dance or spiking the football or claiming we have any total solution to suicide,” said Rear Adm. Sean Buck, who heads the Navy’s 21st Century Sailor office for the chief of naval personnel.

The Navy tracks suicide numbers by calendar year, and in 2013, the Navy says 44 active-duty sailors took their own lives — 12.4 out of every 100,000.

That’s down from 2012, when the Navy had 59 suicides, or 16.6 per 100,000 sailors — the highest rate since tracking began in 2001.

Ending a trend
The Navy’s suicide rate had its largest drop in 2013 since the service began tracking the statistic in 2001, but it remains the fourth-highest yearly rate over that span
Year Suicides Rate per 100,000 sailors
2001....40.......10.0
2002....45.......10.9
2003....44.......10.8
2004....40.......10.0
2005....37.......9.5
2006....38.......10.1
2007....40.......11.1
2008....39.......11.0
2009....46.......13.1
2010....39.......11.1
2011....52.......14.6
2012....59.......16.6
2013....44.......12.4
Source: Navy

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