Sex Differences in US Army Suicide Attempts During the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine sex differences in risk for administratively documented suicide attempt (SA) among US Army soldiers during the Iraq/Afghanistan wars.

Method

Using administrative person-month records of Regular Army enlisted soldiers from 2004 to 2009, we identified 9650 person-months with a first documented SA and an equal-probability control sample (n=153,528 person-months). Person-months were weighted to the population and pooled over time. After examining the association of sex with SA in a logistic regression analysis, predictors were examined separately among women and men.

Results

Women (an estimated 13.7% of the population) accounted for 25.2% of SAs and were more likely than men to attempt suicide after adjusting for sociodemographic, service-related, and

SUBMITTER: Naifeh JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature