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English: Every day, 22 veterans take their own lives. That's a suicide every 65 minutes. The figure, released by the Department of Veterans Affairs in February, is based on the agency's own data and numbers reported by 21 states from 1999 through 2011. Those states represent about 40% of the U.S. population. A recent analysis by News 21, an investigative multimedia program for journalism students, found that the annual suicide rate among veterans is about 30 for every 100,000 of the population, compared with the civilian rate of 14 per 100,000. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Christopher Griffin/Released)
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Every day, 22 veterans take their own lives. That's a suicide every 65 minutes. The figure, released by the Department of Veterans Affairs in February, is based on the agency's own data and numbers reported by 21 states from 1999 through 2011. Those states represent about 40% of the U.S. population. A recent analysis by News 21, an investigative multimedia program for journalism students, found that the annual suicide rate among veterans is about 30 for every 100,000 of the population, compared with the civilian rate of 14 per 100,000. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Christopher Griffin/Released)