By the Numbers: 6 April 2020
37.3%
The percentage of active duty military members who have children, according to the 2018 Demographics Profile of the Military Community.
Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"
By the Numbers: 30 March 2020
61%
The percentage of Veterans who participated in the 10th annual Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Survey who reported having "a service-connected mental health injury." 75% of those reported that they are seeking care for that injury.
By the Numbers: 23 March 2020
$150 billion
The amount that drug users in the United States spent on cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine in 2016, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation, What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 2006–2016.
By the Numbers: 16 March 2020
80%
The percentage "of Americans age three to seventeen" suffering from mental health disorders who "go undiagnosed and untreated" in a given year, according to an article on the U.S. Naval Institute Blog -- Prepare for the Coming Mental Health Challenge.
By the Numbers: 9 March 2020
47%
The percentage of the U.S. Veteran population that is over the age of 65, according to a recent article in the Gerontological Society of America journal, Public Policy & Aging Report -- Mental Health and Aging Veterans: How the Veterans Health Administration Meets the Needs of Aging Veterans. The article notes that "this number is expected to increase to 52% by 2024."