1.9 Million
The number of children who receive care in the Military Health System, according to an article in the journal Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research --Diagnosing prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol syndrome in military-connected children: Insights from US military data claims, 2016–2023.
8%
The percentage of the incarcerated population in the U.S. comprised of veterans, according to an article in the journal Federal Practitioner -- Examining Moral Injury in Legal-Involved Veterans: Psychometric Properties of the Moral Injury Events Scale.
13x
The factor by which "(o)lder men are more likely to die by firearm suicide compared with older women," according to an article in JAMA Network Open -- Sex Differences in Trends of Firearm Suicide Among Older Adults, 2014 to 2023. "However," the article points out, "female gun ownership has surged in recent years, with nearly one-half of all new gun owners being women.
100,000
The number of service members who "received involuntary separations between 2018 and 2022 for weight-related reasons," according to an article in Stars and Stripes -- Air Force recruit disqualified from service over weight-loss surgery sues DOD for discrimination.
1 in 9
The portion of military-connected children who "were diagnosed with complex medical conditions by age 5," according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics -- Incidence of Medical Complexity in Military-Connected Children. The study founds that risk was "highly associated with preterm delivery, congenital anomalies, and low birthweight."