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07/13/19 9:53 PM

#318349 RE: blackhawks #318320

Sadly, resources put to suffering returnees was unsatisfactory as it was in America.

National suicide monitoring of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel: 2018 update

Web report
Last updated: 21 Sep 2018
Author: AIHW

From 2001 to 2016, there were 373 suicides in serving, ex-serving and reserve Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel. Compared with all Australian men, the age-adjusted rate of suicide over the period was 51% lower for men serving full time in the ADF, 47% lower for men in the reserves and 18% higher for ex-serving men. In 2014–2016, ex-serving men aged under 30 had a suicide rate 2.2 times that of Australian men the same age.

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/veterans/national-veteran-suicide-monitoring/contents/summary