Injuries and health problems during service after 9/11 among veterans U.S. 2022

Almost 80 percent of veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001 and who responded to the annual Wounded Warrior Project Survey in 2022 stated they experienced sleep problems, while 76 percent had PTSD. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. veteran and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project experiencing select injuries and health problems during military service after 9/11 as of 2022.

Share of U.S. veteran and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project experiencing select injuries and health problems during military service after 9/11 as of 2022*

Characteristic	Percentage of survey respondents
Sleep problems	79.5%
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)	75.9%
Anxiety	75.7%
Depression	74.3%
Hearing loss, tinnitus	67.3%
Bone, joint, or muscle injury	66.1%
Migraines, chronic headaches	55.4%
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)	36.5%
Nerve injury	32.3%
Head injury other than TBI	17.3%
Spinal cord injury	16.4%
Military sexual trauma (MST)	10.1%
Other	8.6%
Burns or lacerations	7.9%
Blindness or other vision impairment	5.2%
No severe physical or mental health problems experienced	1.9%
Amputation	1.4%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 15 to August 24, 2022

Number of respondents

19,303 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Respondents were members of the Wounded Warrior Project and are veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.

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