Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans 2001–2014 (August 3, 2016/Updated August 2017)

The report “builds on data from previous VA Suicide Data Reports, which were primarily limited to information on Veterans who used VHA health services and to mortality records obtained directly from a small number of states, which included approximately 3 million records. This report on Veteran suicide is unprecedented in its breadth and depth of information about the characteristics of suicide among Veterans. It contains the first comprehensive assessment of differences in rates of suicide among Veterans with and without use of VHA services and comparisons between Veterans and other Americans. This report serves as a foundation for informing and evaluating suicide prevention efforts inside the VHA health care system and for developing lifesaving collaborations with community health care partners.”

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