1,320 - 6,630
The estimated number of transgender active duty Service members, according to a recently published report by the RAND Corporation -- Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly.
65%
The percentage of all Veterans who died from suicide in 2014 who were 50 years or older, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that will be publicly released later this month.
5%
The percentage of U.S. military Veterans "who completed the Veterans Health Module (VHM) of the 2011 and 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n=10,406)" who reported suicidal ideation, according to an article published online before print in the journal Epidemiology -- Population mental health among US military veterans: Results of the Veterans Health Module of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011-2012. The article indicated that 1% of Veterans in the sample reported attempting suicide.
47%+
The percentage of female Veterans in a sample group using Veterans Health Administration primary care who "reported symptoms of insomnia that resulted in functional impairment," according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2016, the 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS). The research, cited in an APSS press release, indicated that less than 1% of this group "had a diagnosis of a sleep disorder based on medical records."
250,000+
The number of pairs of running shoes that U.S. military recruits go through in a year, according to a recent Congressional Research Service Insight brief report -- Athletic Footwear for the Military: The Berry Amendment Controversy (PDF).