Veteran Suicides: See Data In Your County

Our chart shows the number of military veterans who have committed suicide by age group for each of the state's 58 counties.

By Aaron Glantz, Tasneem Raja on November 11, 2010 - 10:02 a.m. PST

Between, 2005 and 2008, 2,678 veterans killed themselves in California, at a rate more than double residents of the state with no military service. Check the chart below to see how this suicide epidemic is affecting veterans in your county.

All data comes from an analysis of death certificates provided by the Safe and Active Communities Brach of the California Department of Public Health.

Aaron Glantz Aaron Glantz covers housing, real estate, development, and veterans issues for The Bay Citizen. Before joining TBC, Glantz spent seven years covering the war in Iraq and the treatment veterans receive when they come home. ...

Tasneem Raja Tasneem Raja is The Bay Citizen's web producer. She earned a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a pioneer student in the school's digital media program. She served ...

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