70% of Veterans Who Commit Suicide Are 50+

Bulletin Today | Home & Family | Personal HealthBy Kevin Freking of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, but the problem doesn’t appear to be getting worse for veterans compared with the rest of the country, according to a VA study released Friday. Indeed, the overall percentage of suicides by veterans has declined in recent years. VA researchers say the trend suggests that efforts …