Today's Batch O' Facts: Army Suicides

In the wake of a recent report about rising suicides among Army personnel, it may be time to revisit the U.S. Department of Defense casualty figures listed here earlier.



This includes all branches of the military. In terms of raw numbers, 1988 was the worst year for self-inflicted deaths. But given the changing size of the U.S. military, proportionally suicides were at their most severe in 1995.