7-8%
The percentage of the population that "will have PTSD at some point in their lives," according to the VA's National Center for PTSD.
Going through trauma is not rare. About 6 of every 10 men (or 60%) and 5 of every 10 women (or 50%) experience at least one trauma in their lives. Women are more likely to experience sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
30%+
The percentage of Veterans treated for mental health disorders at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who are diagnosed with PTSD, according to a recent article in Psychiatric Quarterly -- Multimorbidity among Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration Nationally.
6,967
The number of U.S. servicemen and women killed in the "Global War on Terror (GWOT) and later Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)" since 9/11/01, according to a new "In Focus" brief from the Congressional Research Service -- U.S. War Costs, Casualties, and Personnel Levels Since 9/11.
26%
The estimated percentage of "physician faculty" in military graduate medical education programs who "are experiencing burnout," according to a recent article in the journal Military Medicine -- The Prevalence of Faculty Physician Burnout in Military Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study of Academic Physicians in the United States Department of Defense.
1
Rank of the Armed Forces among professions regarding the number of days per year spent drinking, according to a study by Delphi Behavioral Health Group -- Drinking Habits by Industry. The study, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Heath Interview Survey, reports that members of the Armed Forces consumed alcohol on 130 days of the year, 39 days above the consumption of an average person in the U.S, which is 91 days.