Share of suicides among U.S. veterans in 2014, by method and gender

Distribution of veteran suicides in the U.S. in 2014, by method and gender
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The data displays the percentage of U.S. veteran suicides that were carried out by select methods in 2014, by gender. In 2014, 40.5% of female veterans that committed suicide did so by firearms, compared to 67.9% of male veterans that committed suicide.

Firearms 40.5 67.9
Poisoning 32.3 10.2
Suffocation 20.2 17.2
Other 7 4.7