By the Numbers - Sep. 16, 2013
75.4%
73.9%
68.8%
73.9%
68.8%
The percentages of participants in 2013 Wounded Warrior Project Survey (PDF), who reported suffering from PTSD, anxiety and depression, respectively.
Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"
By the Numbers - Sep. 9, 2013
7%
The "lifetime prevalence of PTSD in the United States," according to a new research brief from RTI International, Preventing and treating PTSD and related conditions in adults: A research agenda. According to the brief, the lifetime prevalence in women is 9.7% and in men, 3.6%, "with higher rates for military personnel."
By the Numbers - Aug. 26, 2013
656.5%
The increase in the "reported incidence" of PTSD between 2001 and 2011, according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Problems in the Military: Oversight Issues for Congress. According to the report, PTSD diagnoses have gone from 170 per 100,000 "person years" in 2000 to about 1,110 in 2011.
By the Numbers - Aug. 19, 2013
1.8 million / 8.2%
and
2.1 million / 15.2%
Respectively, the number / percentage of veterans who are women (as of 2010), and the projected number / percentage of female veterans in 2036, according to VA statistics presented in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) publication, Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide for Service Providers.
By the Numbers - Aug. 12, 2013
159,107
and
192,317
Between 2000 and 2012, 159,107 "active component service members" experienced 192,317 "mental disorder hospitalizations," according to the July 2013 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). The report in this special "Mental Health Issue" points out that "mental disorders are the only illness/injury category for which hospitalization rates have markedly increased during the first 11 years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.