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Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020

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Last updated: 16 Nov 2022
Topic: Veterans
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 04 December 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/veterans/serving-and-ex-serving-adf-suicide-monitoring-2022

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Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 16 November 2022, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/veterans/serving-and-ex-serving-adf-suicide-monitoring-2022

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020 [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2022 [cited 2023 Dec. 4]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/veterans/serving-and-ex-serving-adf-suicide-monitoring-2022

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2022, Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020, viewed 4 December 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/veterans/serving-and-ex-serving-adf-suicide-monitoring-2022

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    • Introduction
    • Analysis
      • Suicides by sex and service status group
      • Suicides by age
      • Suicides by service
      • Suicides by reason for separation
      • Suicides by length of service
      • Suicides by time since separation
      • Suicides by rank
      • Modelling suicide rates over time
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Newer releases

  • Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2021

    Web report | 21 Nov 2023


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Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2020

16 Nov 2022

Previous releases

  • Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 2001 to 2019

    Web report | 29 Sep 2021

  • National suicide monitoring of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel: 2020 update

    Web report | 09 Oct 2020

  • National suicide monitoring of serving & ex-serving ADF personnel

    Web report | 29 Nov 2019

  • National suicide monitoring of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel: 2018 update

    Web report | 21 Sep 2018

  • Incidence of suicide in serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel: detailed analysis 2001–2015

    Publication | 19 Jan 2018

  • Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel 2001–2015: in brief summary report

    Publication | 30 Jun 2017

  • Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel 2001–2014

    Publication | 30 Nov 2016

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Caution: Some readers may find parts of this content confronting or distressing.

Please carefully consider your needs when reading the following information about suicide. This report contains information on numbers and rates of death by suicide for serving and ex-serving members of the ADF. This report may be distressing to some readers.

If this material raises concerns for you, support is available. Please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, or Defence All-hours Support Line on 1800 628 036, or Open Arms - Veterans and Families Counselling, available free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or see other ways you can seek help.

The information included here places an emphasis on data, and as such, can appear to depersonalise the pain and loss behind the statistics. The AIHW acknowledges the individuals, families and communities affected by ADF member and veteran suicide each year in Australia.

The AIHW supports the use of the Mindframe guidelines on responsible, accurate and safe suicide and self-harm reporting. Please consider these guidelines when reporting on statistics on the monitoring of suicide and self-harm.

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