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Veteran suicide in New York State. The latest trends
Veteran suicide in New York State. The latest trends
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Alternate Title(s):
- The latest trends
- Contributor(s):
- NY Health Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : NY Health Foundation, December 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Suicide -- statistics & numerical data
Suicide -- trends
Veterans -- statistics & numerical data
New York - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Suicide among veterans is a persistent national challenge despite increased federal and state attention. Veteran suicide rates have risen steadily for years and peaked in 2018. Many predicted that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic could bring about a perfect storm of behavioral health and related challenges for the veteran population, leading to increases in suicide. Yet newly released data from 2020--the most recent year available--show that veteran suicide rates both nationally and in New York State remained stable and may have even dipped slightly. While a stabilization of veteran suicide rates is welcome, there is still cause for concern. The current suicide rates among veterans--in the nation and in New York State--are still worse than they were 15 years ago. Furthermore, trends in the general population suggest that the recent stabilization in veteran suicide rates is fragile. Rising drug overdose deaths, firearm use in suicides, and nationwide increases in suicide deaths overall are warning signs that veteran suicides may rise again. In this data brief, we review the latest data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other sources to explore the current state of veteran suicide in New York State and nationally.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (7 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918591676706676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918591676706676