Suicide rate trends for post-September 11, 2001, US military Veterans

Abstract:In 2022, suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the US, accounting for 49476 deaths. Recent studies reported higher suicide rates among post–September 11, 2001 (hereafter, 9/11) military veterans compared with the total US adult population, with rates notably higher for veterans with exposure to traumatic brain injury (TBI), and that rates increased from 2006 to 2020. We analyzed data from 2006 through 2022 to examine whether these trends changed after 2020.