Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2023

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Last updated: 09 Sep 2025

Topic: Veterans

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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2025) Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2023, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.

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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 Australian Defence Force (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 on 1800 011 046, 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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