18.25%
The percentage of 2,936 suicides in which a note was left by the deceased, according to a recently published article in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior -- Who Leaves Suicide Notes? A Six-Year Population-Based Study.
25.1%
The percentage of U.S. Army soldiers with "at least one common psychiatric disorder" in the 30 days prior to assessment for the New Soldier Study, in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers, according to a pre-publication article in the journal Depression and Anxiety -- Lifetime Prevalence Of DSM-IV Mental Disorders Among New Soldiers in the U.S. Army: Results From the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
5.5 million
The number of "military caregivers" in the U.S., according to the RAND Corporation's recent study, Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers. Of this group, 1.1 million (19.6%) are providing care for "post-9/11 veterans."
3,527
The number of Service members receiving an "incident diagnoses of one of the eating disorders: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or 'eating disorder, not otherwise specified" between 2004–2013, according to an article in the September 2014 issue of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report -- Diagnoses of Eating Disorders Among Active Component Service Members, U.S. Armed Forces, 2004–2013.
51%
The percentage of 3,198 participants in a recently published UK military cohort study who "perceived their military career as having a negative impact on their children."