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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abstract entered In Block 20. It different trem RePOrt) 19. KEY WORDS (Continue an reverse side if ngcogay mid identify by. block n~mbet) C Suicide-U.S. Army-Psychiatry-ratio-epidemiology CD L4I. 3 AvTrnACT' MA11 sb-86110 It POBG-id"Mit? by block numee A third biennium of epidemiological data on suicide in the U.S. Army was comn-.0 piled with the same method as was used previously. The annual crude suicide rale Sper 100,000 soldiers-at-risk for 1981-82 was found to be 11.2, a drop of 0.4 points from where it stood in 1979-80. Sex-specific, race-specific, age-specific, grade-specific and marital statusspecific rates were studied and can be compared with the same indices in the previous three biennia. Demographic data and information on circumstances surrounding the suicidal act were also made available for comparison with-DD F0"gl 147 EDSonon o 9mov assossoLaE1 UNCLASSIFIED A75SECURITY CLASRFIAN 0 j A(~iU e~ge % ATIOW. 0 A 6 df * 1Jrninol-med f JaoLtif ction iAvall and/or 11st Special UNCLASSIFIED SECURITY CLASIFICATION Of THIS PAOIEwhfl Does Entered) % %..*..
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