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Is it really shocking? I've always been a desk jockey but it's war. War. Killing people, people trying to kill you. Friends dying or being injured, sometimes di
by Jimmie 15y ago
Is it really shocking? I've always been a desk jockey but it's war. War. Killing people, people trying to kill you. Friends dying or being injured, sometimes disabled for life.
I can't imagine I'd handle that well.
- ktizo 15y agoNormal rate globally is roughly one and a half as many suicides to deaths due to violent crime as far as I am aware, although this is notoriously difficult to measure. Although the figure could also mean that the chance of a soldier being killed in combat is lower than the average homicide rate in the US, combined with a very high suicide rate for the soldier. 25 times just seems ridiculously high. There's around 5000 US soldiers killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, so thats up to 125000 suicides.
- Jimmie 15y agoThe article says that being a veteran doubles to quadruples ones risk of suicide. That's not shocking. The 25 times number does surprise me but it's veterans, not necessarily veterans of the current war. So there'd be, what, 10 times as many veterans as current soldiers? Makes a bit more sense.