120 US war veteran suicides a week

November 15, 2007
120 US war veteran suicides a week

THE US military is experiencing a "suicide epidemic" with veterans killing themselves at the
rate of 120 a week, according to an investigation by US television network CBS.

At least 6256 US veterans committed suicide in 2005 - an average of 17 a day - the network
reported, with veterans overall more than twice as likely to take their own lives as the rest of
the general population.