The 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report indicated a decrease in Veteran suicides, with 343 fewer Veteran suicides in 2020 than in 2019; even though the Veteran population increased in 2020 (pg. 6). The average number of Veteran suicides for 2020 is 16.8 a day (pg. 7). Veteran suicides are still occurring at a higher rate than that of non-Veteran U.S. adults (pg. 10; 31.7 per 100,000 Veteran suicides vs. 16.1 per 100,000 civilian suicides in 2020). While, thankfully, the number is not 22 a day, an average of 17 (16.8) Veteran suicides a day is still too many. (source: wikipedia.org)
You're right, this number is much too high.
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