Monday, October 1, 2018

How is your state doing on Veteran Suicides?

The Department of Veterans Affairs data on veteran suicide for 2016. How is your state? Considering Florida and Texas tie for 1st place, it is interesting to see what other states are reporting. 

The challenge for reporters is to actually read the report this time, and they stop the slogan of "22 a day" since that number has been proven to be false. The VA warned about it being taken from limited data from just 21 states. Yet reporters must have thought, "hey that sounds good to me" so they pushed it. They still are. Check your state and then get an eyeopener at the end.

The challenge for us is, discovering how many veterans charities are in your state claiming to be "raising awareness" at the same time?

ALABAMA
An estimated 34.2 Alabama veterans per 100,000 died by suicide in 2016, compared to the national veteran suicide rate of 30.1 per 100,000. Among the civilian population, the national suicide rate drops to 17.5.

The state of Alabama boasts a higher percentage of its population as veterans. In 2016, the VA found 9.8 percent of the adult population of Alabama to be veterans, compared to 6.6 percent nationally. A total of 373,761 veterans live in our state. WAFF 48 News
128

ALASKA
17

ARIZONA
227

ARKANSAS
79

CALIFORNIA
490

COLORADO
175

CONNECTICUT
36

DELAWARE
24

WASHINGTON DC
LESS THAN10

FLORIDA 
530

GEORGIA 
202

HAWAII
11

IDAHO
58

ILLINOIS
162

INDIANA
70

IOWA
64

KANSAS
60

KENTUKY
108

LOUISIANA
75

MAINE
29

MARYLAND
67

MASSACHUSETTS
68

MICHIGAN
159

MINNESOTA
95

MISSISSIPPI
50

MISSOURI
154

MONTANA
42

NEBRASKA
27

NEVADA
According to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Veterans affairs., Nevada's veteran suicide rate is also significantly higher than the national rate. 8 News Las Vegas
The vast majority are men of all ages. The local V.A. Hospital in North Las Vegas helps more than 60,000 military members. About 20,000 of them seek mental health treatment.
107

NEW HAMPSHIRE
33

NEW JERSEY
67

NEW MEXICO
71

NEW YORK
153

NORTH CAROLINA
184

NORTH DAKOTA
16

OHIO
245

OKLAHOMA
110

OREGON
122

Oregon advocates target alarming veteran suicide rate


One such tragedy happens in Oregon every 3 days

PENNSYLVANIA
263

PUERTO RICO
LESS THAN10

RHODE ISLAND
16

SOUTH CAROLINA
120

SOUTH DAKOTA
18

TENNESSEE
156

TEXAS
530

UTAH
59

VERMONT
25

VIRGINIA
196

WASHINGTON
174

WEST VIRGINIA
50

WISCONSIN
132

WYOMING
23
Right now they are jumping on the "decrease" in suicides while not mentioning the fact the number of veterans living at the time, has gone down every year. The rate has gone up until 2016 when it went down by only .4%.

Do not let them get away with pushing a slogan this time too. If not, then what do you think the next report will look like? 

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