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In 2005, the suicide rate among U.S. deployed troops

Amanda Terkel Dec 20, 2006, 3:01 pm
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rose to its highest level since the start of the Iraq war. In “a study just released by the Army, the 2005 suicide rate climbed to 19.9 per 100,000, or 88 total suicides with 22 of them occurring in Iraq or Kuwait. Five of the victims were on at least their second deployment.”

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