21.1%
The CY 2016 suicide mortality rate per 100,000 Active Duty Service members, according to the most recent DoDSER - Department of Defense Suicide Event Report - Calendar Year 2016 Annual Report.
4.9%
The percentage of 9,038 military spouses from all Service branches who "had a probable diagnosis of" major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a new article in the journal Depression and Anxiety -- Depression among military spouses: Demographic, military, and service member psychological health risk factors.
9.42 million
The number of Military Health System beneficiaries in FY 2017, according to a Congressional Research Service brief issued earlier this year -- Defense Primer: Military Health System.
23%
The percentage of a cohort of 570,248 "deployed Post-9/11 Veterans" who "had at least one diagnosis of sensory dysfunction" (i.e., auditory, visual, vestibular, chemosensory and multiple sensory problems), according to an article recently published online by the journal Brain Injury -- Sensory dysfunction and traumatic brain injury severity among deployed post-9/11 veterans: a chronic effects of neurotrauma consortium study.
45% and 52%
The percentages, respectively, of unmarried Navy men and unmarried Navy women who "reported that life as a sailor diminished the likelihood that they would tie the knot," according to a recent article in Navy Times -- You’ve lost that lovin' feeling: Marriage and family hampered by military life, survey results say.