Male Veterans Aged 25-44 at Higher Risk of Suicide Than General Population Reveal ONS

Male veterans aged 25 to 44 are at a higher risk of suicide than the general male population in the same age range, analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. On Friday, the ONS’s analysis showed that in 2021, the suicide rate for male UK veterans in England and Wales aged 25 to 34 was 38.2 deaths per 100,000 and for those aged 35 to 44 years was 33.5 deaths per 100,000. This is a far higher rate than for men in those age brackets in the general population, at 18.0 and 18.8 deaths per 100,000, respectively. The ONS said that while there was no evidence of a difference in rate of suicide between the veteran population and general population, it was through analysis by age that these stark figures were revealed....