Report details magnitude of suicide among Oregon vets

May 12, 2014

A new 17-page report provides numbers and rates of suicide by Oregon veterans from 2008 to 2012. Some key points from the report:

Suicide is the leading cause of death among veterans under 45 years of age.
Between 2008 and 2012, veterans constituted 8.7 percent of Oregon’s population, but accounted for approximately 23 percent of suicide deaths.
The rate of death due to suicide was higher in veterans than in non-veterans.
The rate of suicide for male veterans was more than double the rate for female veterans.
Nearly 97 percent of veteran suicides were males.

The map below is from Metric Mapping and does not appear in the report. Three tables from the report are reproduced below; see the report for more.