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6,000 veterans have committed suicide each year for a decade, VA finds

By Russ Read
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6,000 veterans have committed suicide each year for a decade, VA finds

About 6,000 veterans have committed suicide every year for nearly a decade, according to a new government report.

Veterans Affairs’ 2019 suicide prevention report highlights the suicide crisis that the department has been trying to stem for years. It found the veteran suicide rate was 1.5 times the rate of non-veterans, with approximately 6,000 veterans killing themselves each year between 2008 and 2017.

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