Suicide soaring among US female veterans: Government study

‘American female veterans are committing suicide at more than twice the rate of civilian women, a US government study has found.
The survey released by US Department for Veteran Affairs on Friday, showed that the ratio of women veterans who took their own lives increased from 1.88 in 2013 to 2.15 in 2014 compared to non-veteran females.
The report’s findings were based on data gathered from 50 US states along with Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and analyzed more than 55 million people who left the US military between 1970 and 2014.
“These findings are deeply concerning, which is why I made suicide prevention my top clinical priority,” said VA Secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin.
Critics blasted Shulkin’s agency for attempting to throw the “suicide stats out the back door” by releasing the report at “the close of business” in late Friday, when it was likely to go unnoticed by most news outlets.’
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