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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

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

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

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