Year: 1979 Source: Military Medicine, v.144, no.4, (Apr 1979), p.239-244 SIEC No: 19860486

During the calendar years 1975 & 1976, there were 255 completed suicides among US Army active duty personnel, producing a rate of 16.4/100 000. The heaviest concentration of male suicides was in the 20-24 year age groups. 30 ref.