Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans 2001–2014 Report
This report provides information regarding suicide mortality for the years 2001–2014. It incorporates the most recent mortality data from the VA/Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Suicide Data Repository and includes information for deaths from suicide among all known Veterans of U.S. military service. Data for the Joint VA/DoD Suicide Data Repository were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Death Index through collaboration with the DoD, the CDC, and the VA/DoD Joint Suicide Data Repository initiative. Data available from the National Death Index include reports of mortality submitted from vital statistics systems in all 50 U.S. states, New York City, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Complete Metadata
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| description | <p>This report provides information regarding suicide mortality for the years 2001–2014. It incorporates the most recent mortality data from the VA/Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Suicide Data Repository and includes information for deaths from suicide among all known Veterans of U.S. military service. Data for the Joint VA/DoD Suicide Data Repository were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics’ National Death Index through collaboration with the DoD, the CDC, and the VA/DoD Joint Suicide Data Repository initiative. Data available from the National Death Index include reports of mortality submitted from vital statistics systems in all 50 U.S. states, New York City, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p> |
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| identifier | VA-VHA-10N-016 |
| issued | 2017-07-26 |
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| landingPage | http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2020-05-15 |
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| publisher |
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"name": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
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|
| rights | Contains Health Insurance Portability and Accountabilty Act (HIPAA) protected data. |
| temporal | 2001-01-01T05:00:00Z/2014-12-31T05:00:00Z |
| theme |
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|
| title | Suicide Among Veterans and Other Americans 2001–2014 Report |
