This report is the fifth annual update monitoring deaths by suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members. The population considered are ADF members who served between 1985 and 2020. Serving male ADF members die by suicide at about half the rate of Australian males. Ex-serving male members have a higher rate than Australian males, with subgroups within the ex-serving population having varying rates of suicide.
- ISBN: 978-1-922802-34-7
- DOI: 10.25816/pg08-5a76
- Cat. no: PHE 315
- Pages: 116
Findings from this report:
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Serving permanent and reserve males are about half as likely to die by suicide as Australian males
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Ex-serving males who separate voluntarily have a similar rate of suicide to Australian males
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Ex-serving males who separate for involuntary medical have higher rates of suicide than males who separate voluntarily
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Ex-serving males are on average 27% more likely to die by suicide than Australian males