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RE: Veterans to March at LP Convention

in #veterans6 years ago

Sorry Wikitextbot that's not true according to the data in the study. It was 22, and after being investigated by several news organizations that study was flawed. Here is a direct quote from the ACTUAL study:

"Among cases where history of U.S. military service was
reported, Veterans comprised approximately 22.2% of all suicides reported during the project
period. If this prevalence estimate is assumed to be constant across all U.S. states, an
estimated 22 Veterans will have died from suicide each day in the calendar year 2010"

https://www.va.gov/opa/docs/Suicide-Data-Report-2012-final.pdf

Maybe you can do Wiki a favor and go correct it.