USA Today (9/26, Vanden Brook) reports, “The rate of suicide among troops increased to its highest level in five years,” a “comprehensive report [pdf] released” Sept. 26 by the Pentagon found. Specifically, “the rate of suicide among active duty military troops was 24.8 per 100,000 people in 2018,” compared to a rate of “18.5 per 100,000” just five years ago. The “overall spike in the rate” was attributed by the Pentagon to “small increases in suicides across all the services.” Newsweek (9/26, LaPorta) also covers the story.
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— “Suicide among troops spikes in 2018 to highest rate in five years, Pentagon says, “Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, September 26, 2019