List of variables included in the 2010 DoDSER
| Event Information | Planned/premeditated | Had orders to deploy |
| Event type | Observed and intervened | Suicide event related to |
| Suicide (suicide, suicide attempt, self harm, suicidal ideation) | Suicide note | deployment |
| Communicated self harm | Describe additional relevant info | |
| Event date | Primary motivation for suicidal | |
| Event time | behavior for suicide behavior | Personal History |
| Duty environment /status | Victim of | |
| Patient Information | Sequence of events | Physical abuse or assault |
| Name | Sexual abuse or assault | |
| Social security number | Medical History | Emotional abuse or assault |
| Date of birth | Seen in medical treatment | Sexual harassment |
| Sex | facility | Perpetrator of |
| Racial category | Utilized substance abuse | Physical abuse or assault |
| Specific ethnic group | services | Sexual abuse or assault |
| Current marital status | Utilized family advocacy | Emotional abuse or assault |
| Education | program | Sexual harassment |
| Religious preference | Utilized chaplain services | Life Stressors |
| Residence | Utilized outpatient behavioral | Childhood/developmental |
| Resided alone | health Utilized inpatient | history |
| Have minor children | behavioral health | History of |
| Involved in community support | History of traumatic brain injury | Failed intimate relationship |
| List psychiatric diagnoses | Failed relationship other | |
| Military Information | List psychotropic medications | Spousal suicide |
| Component/Military status | Prior self injurious events | Family suicide |
| Primary job code | Received suicide prevention | Suicide by friend |
| Working in primary job code | trainings | Death of spouse or family |
| Duty status | Elaborate on treatment history | member |
| Pay grade | Death of friend | |
| Permanent duty station | Military History | Physical health problem |
| Permanent duty assignment | Court martial proceedings | Chronic spousal or family |
| Unit identification code | Article 15 | severe illness |
| Date of entry into the military | Administrative separation | Excessive debt or bankruptcy |
| Date of rank | proceedings | Job problems |
| Assigned to warrior transition | AWOL/Unexcused absence | Supervisor or coworker issues |
| unit | Medical evaluation board | Poor work performance review |
| Length of time in unit | Civil legal problems | or evaluation |
| Geographic location of event | Non-selection for advanced | Unit or workplace hazing |
| Setting | schooling, promotion, or | Family history of mental illness |
| command | Gun in home or immediate | |
| Event Information | Elaborate on life stressors | environment |
| Hospitalization (inpatient outpatient mental health evaluation/treatment evacuation) | Elaborate on additional details | |
| Deployment History | ||
| How many deployments | Provider Information | |
| Primary method used | Deployment location (most recent last 3) | Respondent's qualifications and contact information |
| Alcohol used during the event | Start dates | |
| Drugs used during the event | End dates | |
| Intended to die | Rest & Recuperation Dates | |
| Self-inflicted injuries | Obtained a waiver to deploy | |
| Death-risk gambling | Experienced direct combat |