Veteran suicides continue to be a horrific issue in our country.<\/p>\n
Almost one out of every five suicides in the U.S. is a veteran, though veterans only make up about 10 percent of the U.S. population.<\/p>\n
The latest numbers indicate that there may be as many as 22 veterans committing suicide each day, or one suicide every 65 minutes. Former defense secretary Leon Panetta says the service member suicide rate is “an epidemic.”<\/p>\n
A report by the Department of Veterans Affairs released in February 2013 looked at data reported from 21 states between 1999 and the end of 2011. But the numbers may be even higher, as many vets are missing from the official reports of vet suicides. There is no uniform reporting system of which veteran deaths were suicide-related in the U.S. A coroner or funeral director typically enters the veteran status of the deceased and that the manner of death (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Veteran suicides continue to be a horrific issue in our country. Almost one out of every five suicides in the U.S. is a veteran, though veterans only make up about 10 percent of the U.S. population. The latest numbers indicate…<\/span><\/p>\n