20x
Factor by which US children are "more likely to die of suicide with a gun at home than in a shooting at school," according to recent commentary in the journal JAMA Network Open -- Safe Gun Storage and Youth Suicide—The Sum of Their Regrets.
120,000+
The number of veterans and their family members "who receive benefits by paper check" rather than electronic deposit, according to an article in Stars & Stripes -- VA urges holdouts still receiving veterans benefits by paper check to move to electronic banking.
82%
The percentage of the U.S. armed forces comprised of enlisted personnel and "military service academy cadets and midshipmen," according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service -- Defense Primer: Military Enlisted Personnel.
16,333,707
The number of times the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was contacted between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024. 1,792,123 contacts (11.0%) (were) rerouted to the Veterans Crisis Line.
1 in 5
The proportion of "firearm suicides in the US" that occurred "outside the home," according to a Research Letter published in the journal JAMA Network Open -- Location of Firearm Suicides in the United States, 2003-2021.