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	US Vets Suicide Double National excluding IRAQ!

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6-22-2007 1:30 PM

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About 1.3 percent of deaths in the country are estimated to be suicides, Kaplan said. But the true rate may be off by 25 percent, given that suicide has long been shrouded in stigma. The study showed that the military were 2.13 times more likely to die of suicide over time.

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