Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers: 19 August 2019

652%

The percentage increase in the incidence of insomnia among Service members from 2003 to 2011, according to a recent study in the journal Sleep -- The association of insomnia and sleep apnea with deployment and combat exposure in the entire population of US army soldiers from 1997 to 2011: a retrospective cohort investigation. Additionally, there was a 600% increase in the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea.

By the Numbers: 29 July 2019

17.6%

The prevalence of being hazed in the military, according to a new article in the the Journal of Affective Disorders -- Military hazing and suicidal ideation among active duty military personnel: Serial mediation effects of anger and depressive symptoms. The article says that 18.7% of those who "experienced hazing reported suicidal ideation."

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