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May 27, 2021 · The two women, both 22, were the first American female service members to lose their lives in the Vietnam War. Over the course of that conflict, eight American women service members lost their...
- Francine Uenuma
Recent VHA use and 62.6% for male Veterans without Recent VHA use. Age-adjusted suicide rates rose 87.1% for female Veterans with recent VHA use and 93.7% for female Veterans without Recent VHA use. • From 2011–2012 to 2020–2021, the suicide rate among Veterans in VHA care with diagnoses related to gender
Dec 21, 2023 · Introduction. Women are the fastest growing group in the Veteran population. In 2021, there were 350 suicide deaths among women Veterans. The 2021 age-adjusted suicide rate for this population was 166.1% higher than that for non-Veteran U.S. adult women.
Oct 2, 2017 · There are more than 58,000 names on the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. Eight of them belong to women. Derek Key, CC BY-SA
- Barbara Will
Nov 21, 2023 · In 2021, 6,392 Veterans died by suicide, 114 more than in 2020. Suicide remains the 13th leading cause of death for Veterans overall, and the second leading cause of death for Veterans under the age of 45. The age-adjusted rate of suicide among women Veterans increased by 24.1% – significantly higher than the rate of increase among male Veterans.
In 2001, Veterans between the ages of 35 and 54 had the highest suicide rates, among both Veteran men and Veteran women. In 2020, suicide rates were highest among Veterans between the ages of 18 and 34 (52.3 per 100,000 among Veteran men age 18-34 and 19.5 per 100,000 among Veteran women age 18-34).
Of the top ten conditions for women Veterans in 2015, the top five (post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, migraine, lumbosacral or cervical strain and uterus and ovaries, removal of, complete) accounted for roughly 33 percent of all service-connected disabilities for women Veterans (figure 20).
