By the Numbers: 9 January 2023
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The percentage of active duty military personnel who had a behavioral health disorder in 2021, according to the recently released report - DOD Health of the Force 2021. Adjustment disorder was the most common BH disorder among both male and female AC Service members. The prevalence of BH disorders increased 10% between 2020 and 2021.
Among 9,029 service members with combat injury, the number who developed alcohol use disorder, according to a recent article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine -- Post-Combat-Injury Opioid Prescription and Alcohol Use Disorder in the Military. "1,322 developed severe alcohol use disorder".
The number of deaths among US adults aged 20 to 64 years that "were attributable to excessive alcohol use, including 1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 20 to 49 years," accord to a recent article in JAMA Network Open -- Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults
The approximate portion of military suicides that involve firearms, according to a recent article in the journal JAMA Network Open -- Evaluation of Safe Firearm Storage Messaging in a Sample of Firearm-Owning US Military Service Members.