Veterans Commit Suicide Twice as Often as Civilians Elaine Baumgartel - Fronteras Desk
go to original September 4, 2013

Anti-militarism activists say rising military suicides linked to illegal wars and high civilian death tolls. (TheRealNews)

People who have served in the United States military commit suicide at more than twice the rate of the civilian population, according to a report released by News21 this week.

Journalists looked at the data on a state-by-state basis and found that 49,000 veterans killed themselves between 2005 and 2011, with the veteran suicide rate increasing more than 2 percent each year during that time. The project found one out of five people who commit suicide is a veteran.

Veterans in California and Texas committed suicide nearly three times as often as civilians. In Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada, veterans committed suicide more than twice as often. And the rates of veteran suicides are growing in the Southwest.



Department of Veterans Affairs Suicide Data Report, 2012

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