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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Find another demographic as large as that of US Military veterans and check out the numbers for their suicide rate. I'm guessing it's pretty close.
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The study compares the suicide rate with the general population of the US with statistics in the range of 1995-2005. In comparing the suicide rates:
That figure rose to 22.9 to 31.9 suicides per 100,000 among veterans aged 20 to 24 - almost four times the non-veteran average for the age group.