By the Numbers - May 19, 2014
1868
The year in which Memorial Day was celebrated for the first time, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Blog posts with the tag "By the Numbers"
By the Numbers - May 12, 2014
20%
The percentage of the nation's medical schools that teach military culture, according to a recent article in Army Times, Building cultural bridges between doctors, troops.
By the Numbers - May 5, 2014
50%
The reported increase in the number of sexual assaults in the military, from FY 2012 to FY 2013, according to the 2013 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military (large PDF), issued last week.
By the Numbers - Apr. 28, 2014
7.5 percent
The percentage of crimes committed by people with mental disorders that were directly attributable to their mental illness symptoms, according to a recent study published in the journal Law and Human Behavior -- How Often and How Consistently do Symptoms Directly Precede Criminal Behavior Among Offenders With Mental Illness?
By the Numbers - Apr. 21, 2014
200%
According to an article reviewing numerous studies in the April issue of Military Medicine -- Casualties of the Global War on Terror and Their Future Impact on Health Care and Society: A Looming Public Health Crisis -- "PTSD sufferers are 200% more likely to be diagnosed with an unrelated medical disease within 5 years of returning from deployment" than a control group without PTSD.