43%
600,000
The number of U.S. residents who died by suicide during 1999-2015, according to a recent article in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbisity and Mortality Weekly Report -- Trends in Suicide by Level of Urbanization — United States, 1999–2015. The report noted that the highest annual rate occurred in 2015.
4,073,124
The number of "unique individuals (who) served at least 1 day in the active component" from from October 1, 2001 through October 1, 2016, according to an article in the January 2017 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Selected demographic and service characteristics of the U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, 2001, 2009, and 2016.
340,000+
The number of student veterans who "have earned over 450,000 post-secondary degrees or certificates using the Post-9/11 GI Bill," according to the National Veteran Education Success Tracker, a report released recently by the Student Veterans of America. The report indicates that roughly 90 percent of these were "current or prior enlisted personnel."
30-40%
The percentage that genetic risk factors may account for "the heritability of PTSD," according to an article published online before print in the journal Neuroscience Letters -- Genetic approaches for the study of PTSD: Advances and challenges.