Young female veterans are three times as likely to die by suicide than their civilian counterparts according to researchers from Portland State University (PSU) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
The researchers found that young women veterans have nearly triple the suicide rate of young women who never served in the military. The study examined data on 5,948 suicide completed between 2004 and 2007. During that time the suicide rate among female veterans age 18-34 was 13.39 (per 100,000) compared to 4.39 for non-veteran females.
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