Veterans killing themselves

7300 veterans killed themselves in 2014. That's 20 a day, almost 1 an hour. The VA looked at 55 million veterans records between 1979 and 2014 from all 50 states. Two interesting findings: 65 percent of all veterans who committed suicide in 2014 were 50 years or older. Since 2001, adult civilian suicides increased 23 percent, while veteran suicides increased 32 percent.

However, the rate of suicide was less for those male veterans who used veterans affairs services (11%) and increased 35 percent among those who didn’t. Among female veterans who used the services suicides increased nearly 5% and increased 98%.