Suicides claiming lives of former American military
- Male veterans are twice as likely to die by suicide as male non-veterans
- On average 18 veterans commit suicide each day
- It means that every 80 minutes a veteran dies by suicide
- Roughly a third of US soldiers who took their own lives had never been deployed abroad
(Source: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
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