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Judi Lynn

(160,638 posts) Wed Nov 15, 2017, 09:51 AM Nov 2017

Arizona veterans' suicide rate 4 times higher than civilians'

Source: The Republic

USA TODAY NETWORKDennis Wagner, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 8:37 a.m. ET Nov. 15, 2017

TEMPE, Ariz. — A university's suicide study found that military veterans in Arizona are nearly four times more likely to take their own lives than non-veterans and are at much greater risk than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has reported.

Veterans in Arizona committed suicide at a rate of 55 per 100,000 last year while non-veterans did so at a rate of 14 per 100,000, according to the report from Arizona State University's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety.

That reflects a 391% difference.

Yet a VA report last year said U.S. veterans are 22% more likely to commit suicide than civilians.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/15/arizona-veterans-suicides/865514001/

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Arizona veterans' suicide rate 4 times higher than civilians' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP

Veteran suicides rates are higher in all 50 states. Where's Congress at on this issue .... marble falls Nov 2017 #1

Arizonans hate taxes and hate taking care of people. RadiationTherapy Nov 2017 #2

Is it because they're on meds from VA with 'thoughts of suicide' side effect? or psychological Sunlei Nov 2017 #3

Probably has to do with a little of all you mentioned..... Old Vet Nov 2017 #4

marble falls

(57,333 posts)

1. Veteran suicides rates are higher in all 50 states. Where's Congress at on this issue ....

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 05:21 PM

Nov 2017

and where are the hearings about this health issue killing numerous vets every single day?

RadiationTherapy

(5,818 posts)

2. Arizonans hate taxes and hate taking care of people.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 05:43 PM

Nov 2017

Retirees, I-got-mine'r's, money grubbers, "I did it, you can too"ers, Yee-haw, I'm a cowboy independent!-ers. We got all that nonsense here.

I am sad for our vets here. I work at a library. I seen a lot of shit.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

3. Is it because they're on meds from VA with 'thoughts of suicide' side effect? or psychological

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 05:48 PM

Nov 2017

damage from training/wars? Or a combination of both?

Old Vet

(2,001 posts)

4. Probably has to do with a little of all you mentioned.....

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 15, 2017, 06:56 PM

Nov 2017

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