Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"

By the Numbers - June 29, 2015

44.9 cases per 1,000 person-years

The "incidence rate" of postpartum depression (PPD) among "126,006 primiparous (active duty) service women without histories of previous mental health diagnoses" between 1998 and 2010, according to a study in the June issue of the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a publication of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.

By the Numbers - June 15, 2015

12x

The rate at which female veterans between the ages of 18-29 are killing themselves, compared to a similar population of nonveterans, according to a study published online before print in the journal Psychiatric Services -- Changes in Suicide Mortality for Veterans and Nonveterans by Gender and History of VHA Service Use, 2000–2010. When all age groups are taken into consideration, the researchers found, women who have served in the military commit suicide at roughly 6x the rate of women who did not serve.

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