Visitors Now:
Total Visits:
Total Stories:
Profile image
By kollapsnik (Reporter)
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

Suicidal Services

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 2:31
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)


B4INREMOTE-aHR0cDovLzQuYnAuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLy1EWF9CRFprYzBDQS9VRTRNMUZyVHFpSS9BQUFBQUFBQUNmTS9ITEJ3YzA5MmJycy9zMjAwL0Rvcm90aHlfMDAyNWctQ2FzdWFsdGllcy1vZi1XYXItVG95LVNvbGRpZXJzLS5qcGc=
Dorothy
Members of the US military, both officers and enlisted, are dying at a record place—not at the hands of the enemy (although revenge killings of US servicemen by aggrieved Afghanis do feature prominently) but at their own hands. Suicide rates across all the branches—Army, Navy, Air Force, even the Coast Guard—are all registering large increases. More US servicemen die at their own hands than from any other cause. The Army's suicide rate last year stood at 24 per 100,000; this year it is higher. The rate of suicide for all American men is 19 per 100,000, which is significantly lower, is computed over the entire lifetime. Taking into account the average Army length of enlistment of just under 15 years and the US life expectancy of 78 years gives us an effective Army suicide rate of 125 per 100,000—five times the US suicide rate, and three times the national suicide rate of any country on earth.

Read more »



Source:

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.