Facts About Suicide Among Women Veterans: August 2017

In August 2016, VA released a report detailing suicide rates and trends, “Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans: 2001–2014.” The report noted:

The suicide rate for the total U.S. Veteran population in 2014 was 35.6 per 100,000. In 2014, the suicide rate for women Veterans was 19 per 100,000, which was about half the male Veteran suicide rate of 37.2 per 100,000.
From 2001 through 2014, the suicide rate among women Veterans increased to a greater degree (62.4 percent) than the suicide rate among male Veterans (29.7 percent).

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