Mental injury sustained during service U.S. veterans and active service members 2020

Almost all U.S. veterans and active service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001 who responded to the annual Wounded Warrior Project Survey in 2020 experienced a severe mental injury and 82.6 percent of them reported experiencing more than one mental injury during their military service. 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 distribution of U.S. veterans and active service members of the WPP who reported sustaining a severe mental injury during service as of 2020, by injury.

Percentage of U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project who reported severe mental injuries sustained during service as of 2020, by injury*

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Sleep problems	83.6%
PTSD	82.8%
Anxiety	76.6%
Depression	72.4%
Other severe mental injuries	9.9%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 5 to June 19, 2020

Number of respondents

28,282 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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