How Common Is Suicide among Recent Veterans?

US veterans who served between 2001 and 2007 have a 50% higher rate of
suicide than their civilian counterparts.

Many Americans are concerned about the mental health of our returning
veterans, especially those who have been wounded or suffer from PTSD. And
there is cause for concern, as recent military veterans commit suicide at a
rate that is 50% higher than nonmilitary civilians of similar age and
background. A recent analysis, published in the February 2015 issue of the
Annals of Epidemiology, included all 1,282,074 US soldiers who were on
active duty between 2001 and 2007. The study tracked former servicemen and
servicewomen until the end of 2009, by which time 1,868 of those veterans
had taken their own lives.

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