I think the news organizations are misleading the public about the suicide rates of U.S. veterans.
They report that veterans have a suicide rate that is twice the general population.
But then I thought, those two groups don't have the same gender ratio.
In the group veterans, the ratio of men to women is about 10:1
In the group general population, the ratio of men to women is 97:100
But the ratio of men to women suicide for the general population is 3.5:1
So, these numbers seem to indicate that being a veteran doesn't mean they have a higher rate of suicide because gender isn't being factored into the information.
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An interesting point you make there Mr ESB, these sort of statistics always turn out more complex than folk think. Actually most things turn out more complex than I think they will be.
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