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#Pentagon Data Shows High #Suicide Rates Among #Troops Exposed to #Blasts

A #military report on suicide rates broken down by occupation finds the highest rates among categories of troops that often work & train around #weapons blasts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/us/military-suicide-rates-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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Pentagon Data Shows High Suicide Rates Among Troops Exposed to Blasts

A military report on suicide rates broken down by occupation finds the highest rates among categories of troops that often work and train around weapons blasts.

The New York Times
Aug 1, 2024 at 10:13pmWeb
Show threadNonilexAug 1, 2024

#Troops whose jobs expose them repeatedly to #blasts have the highest #suicide rates, per a new #DOD report.

The report lists the suicide rates for each #military occupational specialty 2011-2022.

Explosive ordinance disposal teams, who disable roadside #bombs & train & work around very large blasts, had the highest suicide rate — 34.77 deaths per 100k people per year — followed by #infantry & special ops forces; armor crews; & artillery troops; whose rates are closer to 30 deaths per 100k.

Show threadDavid PeningtonAug 1, 2024
@Nonilex Fortunately not a huge difference between suicide rates for EOD and combat troops & artillery. 1 extra suicide per 25,000.
Given the exposure to explosions, I expected a higher increase.
Show threadjmccabeAug 1, 2024

@Nonilex

NFL too - CTE is bad shit!