The "total costs of caring for veterans of the post-9/11 wars" between 2001 and 2050, according to a recent report from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University -- The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
Of the total number of veterans with suicidal ideation, the percentage of those who are not engaged in mental health treatment, according to an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry -- Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in US Military Veterans: Results From the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
The percentage of "a nationally representative sample of U.S. veterans" who " endorsed feeling lonely sometimes (37.2%) or often (19.7%)," according to a study recently published online in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry -- Behavioral Epidemic of Loneliness in Older U.S. Military Veterans.
The percentage of suicides ("almost 1 in 5") "documenting traumatic brain injury" that occurred among decedents "with a history of military service," according to a recent article published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Reported History of Traumatic Brain Injury Among Suicide Decedents: National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003–2017
The amount that the Department of Defense spends annually on "medical costs of lifestyle-related morbidity," according to a recent article in the journal Military Medicine -- Knowledge and Attitudes of Lifestyle Medicine–Based Care in a Military Community.