United States military veteran suicide
United States military veteran suicide is an ongoing phenomenon regarding a reportedly high rate of suicide among U.S. military veterans, in comparison to the general public. According to the most recent report published by the VA in 2016, which analyzed 55 million veterans' records from 1979 to 2014, the current analysis indicates that an average of 20 veterans a day die from suicide.
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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.