44%
The percentage of 2,597 soldiers who had been deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq who reported suffering from chronic pain, according to a research study at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, recently published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine -- Chronic Pain and Opioid Use in US Soldiers After Combat Deployment. 23.2% of these soldiers "reported past-month opioid use."
29%
The percentage of "333,803 US Army active duty members returning from Iraq or Afghanistan deployments in fiscal years 2008 to 2011" who "screened positive for at-risk drinking," according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, Missed Opportunity for Alcohol Problem Prevention Among Army Active Duty Service Members Postdeployment.
5.6% had an AUDIT-C (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) score of 8+, according to the researchers. However...
9.2%
The percentage of all VA users in 2012 who sought care for PTSD, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine -- Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military and Veteran Populations: Final Assessment.
46.5%
The percentage of women in a sample of 1,700 "current-era veterans" (346 women and 1,354 men) who had received a diagnosis of major depressive disorder at some point during their lifetimes (MDD-L), according to a recent study in the Journal of Affective Disorders -- Lifetime major depression and comorbid disorders among current-era women veterans.
.99%
and
3.5%
The percentages, respectively, "of all military members in treatment for mental disorders" in 2000 and 2012, representing a 60% increase, according to an article in the May 2014 issue of the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a publication issued by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.