US soldier suicides at highest level for 26 years

A military report today says that the number of US soldiers who commit suicide has reached highest level in the last 26 years. The study by the Associated Press says that more than 25% of those who committed suicide had done so when they were on duty in Iraq or Afganistan.

Among serving US troops, there was a total of 99 suicides last year. In 2005, it was 88.
This study tells us that there is 17.3 suicides per 100,000 soldiers. while over the last 26 years, it was just 12.3

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