States data from Veterans Affairs shows among veterans that had deployed to iraq and afghanistan suicide rates are 4. 00 to 10. 00 times higher than their civilian peers but even these statistics may be understating suicide rates among combat veterans in a 2015 story a marine corps infantry unit that was tracked after coming home from war saw suicide rates among its young men 4 times greater than other young male veterans and 14 times that of civilians this high rate of suicide in veterans leads to a total number of deaths of combat troops at home that surpasses the totals killed in the war in 2011 an investigative piece in the bay citizen that examined Public Health records found that 1000 california veterans under the age of 35 died from 2005 to 2008 that is 3 times the number killed in iraq and afghanistan during the same period close to 2 af. And iraq veterans die by suicide each day on average meaning the estimated 7300 veterans who have killed themselves since just 2009 after com
Suicide prevention grant applications open
miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Children s Council of Watauga County, Inc has been named a North Carolina Family Resource Center (NC FRC) Network Member
hcpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hcpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.