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In response to "Pop quiz : What percentage of all suicides in the US are military veterans? 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25%? -- (link)" by mara

is it me or are his numbers all messed up?

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Nov 17 '10, 09:53

In January, he indicated that 20 percent of some 30,000 suicides in the United States each year are committed by veterans. That means that an average of 18 veterans commit suicide each year.

Suicides claimed the lives of a record 309 servicemembers last year, up from 267 in 2008, according to Pentagon numbers. The number of suicides between 2005 and 2009 -- 1,100 -- exceeded that of the number of US military members killed in Afghanistan since 2001

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I'm going to solve this problem... with math! -- nm - Robin Sparkles Nov 17, 10:05 1
- And your beaver! -- nm - Spawn Nov 17, 10:19
and really isn;t it 1% based on 309/30000? -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 09:56 2
- I assumed he meant active servicemen vs vets to that point, but I still don't see how his logic follows. -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 09:58 1
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Math is hard. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 09:54
20% of 30,000 is 6000 using my math. -- nm - Beaker Nov 17, 09:54

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is it me or are his numbers all messed up?

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