In 2019, thoughts of suicide were more frequent among U.S. veterans with a substance use disorder. Around 13 percent of veterans over the age of 18 with a substance use disorder reported having serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. The statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. veterans aged 18 years and over who reported suicidal thoughts, plans or attempts in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status.
Percentage of U.S. veterans who had serious thoughts, plans or attempts of suicide in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status*
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SAMHSA. (November 18, 2020). Percentage of U.S. veterans who had serious thoughts, plans or attempts of suicide in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129524/suicide-substance-use-veterans-us/
SAMHSA. "Percentage of U.S. veterans who had serious thoughts, plans or attempts of suicide in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status*." Chart. November 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129524/suicide-substance-use-veterans-us/
SAMHSA. (2020). Percentage of U.S. veterans who had serious thoughts, plans or attempts of suicide in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129524/suicide-substance-use-veterans-us/
SAMHSA. "Percentage of U.S. Veterans Who Had Serious Thoughts, Plans or Attempts of Suicide in The past Year as of 2019, by Substance Use Disorder Status*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129524/suicide-substance-use-veterans-us/
SAMHSA, Percentage of U.S. veterans who had serious thoughts, plans or attempts of suicide in the past year as of 2019, by substance use disorder status* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1129524/suicide-substance-use-veterans-us/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
