Severity of depressive symptoms reported by veterans U.S. 2022

As of 2022, around 14 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 reported having severe depressive symptoms. 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 severity of depressive symptoms reported by WWP members in the U.S. as of 2022.

Severity of depressive symptoms reported by U.S. veteran and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project as of 2022*

Characteristic	Percentage of survey respondents
Minimal depressive symptoms	18.4%
Mild depressive symptoms	26.8%
Moderate depressive symptoms	22.6%
Moderate-severe depressive symptoms	18%
Severe depressive symptoms	14.3%

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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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