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By the Numbers: 21 October 2024

By Shirl Kennedy on 21.10.2024 11:27 am

$1.35 billion
The "estimated cost of obesity in active-duty service members," according to a study from the American Security Project ("a nonpartisan organization created to educate the American public and the world about the changing nature of national security in the 21st Century.") -- White Paper — Costs and Consequences: Obesity’s Compounding Impact on the Military Health System.

By Shirl Kennedy on 07.10.2024 10:25 am

37% & 69%
Respectively, the percentage of the (U.S.) population that has ever smoked, and the percentage of "the nation's annual prescription opioids" that this population used, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Heavy Versus Light Smoking: Its Association With Opioid Use, Chronic Pain, and Mental Health.

By Shirl Kennedy on 30.09.2024 9:48 am

2,241
The number of preteens -- ages 8 to 12 -- who died by suicide from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2022.

By Shirl Kennedy on 23.09.2024 11:07 am

31.6
The suicide rate of veterans for 100,000, according to an article in the journal Military Medicine -- Stigma and Barriers to Care, Online Mental Health Tools, and Suicidality in California’s Veterans. The article indicates that the suicide rate for non-veterans is 18.0 per 100,000.

By Shirl Kennedy on 16.09.2024 11:15 am

2/3
The proportion of "military suicide deaths" that result "from self-inflicted gunshot wounds," according to statistics from the Department of Defense cited in an article in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior -- Threat perceptions, defensive behaviors, and the perceived suicide prevention value of specific firearm storage practices.

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