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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Suicide in the Australian Defence Force

In response to public interest and concern about the incidence of suicide in Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has published this fact sheet: Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel 2001-2014.

The data shows that between 2001 and 2014, there were 292 suicide deaths of people who had served with the ADF.  Of these, 84 were serving full-time, and 272 were men.  Comparing the men with all Australian men, this was lower for men serving full-time or in the reserve, and higher than the general population for ex-serving men.

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