Veterans who commit suicide are 95% male and the crisis is often driven by marital disputes and a resulting inabiilty to see their children on a regular basis, experts and advocates said.
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The suicide ratio among civilians is 4 to 1, male to female. Yet the suicide ratio among veterans is 24 to 1, male to female. These data points come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Veterans Administration. In many cases, family crises that follow military service can be the catalysts that lead to break-ups, divorces and painful battles over their children — pushing too many to suicide. 'About 90% of veteran suicides come in the immediate wake of a family incident.
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