By the Numbers: 1 June 2020 By Shirl Kennedy on 01.06.2020 1:36 pm 28% The percentage by which women are more likely to separate from the armed forces than men, according to a recent study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Read more about By the Numbers: 1 June 2020
By the Numbers: 18 May 2020 By Shirl Kennedy on 18.05.2020 2:40 pm 27.4% The percentage of "currently serving military family respondents" who "have less than $500 in emergency savings or no emergency fund at all," according to a recently released report from the Military Family Advisory Network's Military Family Support Programming Survey on Finances and Emergency Savings. This data includes Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard families. Read more about By the Numbers: 18 May 2020
By the Numbers: 11 May 2020 By Shirl Kennedy on 11.05.2020 4:47 pm 1 in 10 The number of Americans who are driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a recent study published online before print in the journal Addictive Behaviors -- Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol: Findings from the NSDUH, 2002-2017. Read more about By the Numbers: 11 May 2020
By the Numbers: 4 May 2020 By Shirl Kennedy on 04.05.2020 1:02 pm 45% The percentage of roughly 30,000 primary care patients in the Veterans Health Administration system who died by suicide between 2000-2014 who "had no antecedent mental health or substance use diagnosis," according to an article recently published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine -- Characteristics and Injury Mechanisms of Veteran Primary Care Suicide Decedents with and without Diagnosed Mental Illness. Read more about By the Numbers: 4 May 2020
By the Numbers: 27 April 2020 By Shirl Kennedy on 27.04.2020 2:30 pm 1 in 4 The number of "active duty and retired service members" who "had a filled opioid prescription in 2017," according to an article published last fall in the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch publication, Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Surveillance Snapshot: Trends in Opioid Prescription Fills Among U.S. Military Service Members During Fiscal Years 2007–2017. Read more about By the Numbers: 27 April 2020 Log in or register to post comments