Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers: 16 December 2025

By Shirl Kennedy  on 16.12.2024 11:30 am

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The number of "active duty and activated National Guard or Reserve service members [who] received a documented diagnosis corresponding to gender dysphoria from January 2015 to August 2022," according to an article published online in BMC Health Services Research -- Oscillating US Department of Defense policies and medical record documentation of gender dysphoria in service members: an observational time-series analysis.

By The Numbers: 4 November 2024

By Shirl Kennedy  on 04.11.2024 11:40 am

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The number of "military and veteran caregivers, representing 5.5 percent of the U.S. adult population. There are an additional 91.3 million civilian caregivers (35.0 percent of U.S. adults) caring for wounded, ill, or injured civilian adults," according to a report from the RAND Corporation -- America's Military and Veteran Caregivers: Hidden Heroes Emerging from the Shadows. 

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