<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-veterans-affairs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Veterans Affairs</a> (VA) is undercounting the number of former military service members who are dying to suicide and self-harm, a new study by a veterans group finds.</p>
<p>America’s Warrior Partnership (AWP) worked with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/university-of-alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">University of Alabama</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/duke-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duke University</a> to gather the death data on veterans across eight states: Alabama, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, and Oregon. After reviewing the data, AWP’s findings suggest that veterans were dying to suicide and self-harm “1.37 times [more] than reported by the VA from 2014-2018.”</p>
<p>“It’s devastating,” America’s Warrior Partnership President Jim Lorraine, a 22-year veteran of the Air Force, told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/veterans-died-suicide-va-previously-reported-new-study-shows-rcna48092" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. “I’m not only a veteran myself. My son serves, my son-in-law serves. My wife is a vet. I know a lot of veterans who have died from suicide.”</p>
<p>Much of the disparity is likely due to data collection errors by officials recording the deaths of former service members. “States undercounted [former service member (FSM)] status 18% of the time and counted non-FSMs as FSMs 7% of the time” leading to a “combined error rate of 25%,” the <a href="https://e55c5558-502f-457d-8a07-a49806f5ff14.usrfiles.com/ugd/e55c55_3e4c6bae16a945bbb8dbfa36739af2df.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> says.</p>
<p>AWP used demographic data to identify some groups of veterans who are most at risk of suicide and death by self-harm.</p>
<p>“FSMs from the Coast Guard were most likely to die from suicide/SIM, followed by Marine Corps, Army, Navy, and Air Force,” the study says. “Receiving a demotion during military service increased the FSM’s odds of dying by suicide/SIM by 56%.”</p>
<p>The length of service may also matter. “The longer someone has served in the military, the lower their probability of taking their own life is 2% for every year served,” the study says “Those who served in the military for less than three years were at greatest risk for suicide/SIM.”</p>
<p>The VA defended its reporting on veteran suicides in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/veterans-committing-suicide-rate-2-times-higher-va-data-shows-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.</p>
<p>“Our methodology for creating this report is well-established and consistent, based on verified data from the CDC and DoD, and meets the quality and standards of a peer-reviewed publication,” the VA said in a statement. “In the interest of full transparency, we release yearly reports detailing how we come to the conclusions in the Annual Suicide Prevention Report.  The bottom line is this: One Veteran suicide is one too many, and VA will continue to accurately measure Veteran suicide so we can end Veteran suicide.”</p>
<p>Lorraine blamed the discrepancy in data collection at the county level, not on the VA, according to <a href="https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-09-17/veteran-suicide-rate-study-7363791.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stars and Stripes</a>.</p>
<p><em>“The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255.”</em></p>

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