Table 1.
Lifetime suicidality by selected army characteristics, stratified by sex, weighted analysis (n=29,982)
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| Component: Regular army | 13.2 | 0.4 | (3,135) | (24,788) | 2.6 | 0.2 | (598) | (24,788) | 41.1 | 1.7 | (1,083) | (3,135) | 35.5 | 2.0 | (392) | (1,057) | 9.0 | 1.0 | (206) | (2,078) |
| Component: Guard-reserve | 8.4 | 0.9 | (209) | (2,139) | 1.2 | 0.2 | (37) | (2,139) | 52.3 | 4.5 | (111) | (209) | 16.1 | 3.0 | (24) | (111) | 11.6 | 3.4 | (13) | (98) |
| F(1,210), p-value | 24.8* | <.001 | 26.8* | <.001 | 5.0* | 0.026 | 15.4* | <.001 | 0.6 | 0.46 | ||||||||||
| MOS: Combat arms | 12.4 | 0.4 | (1,622) | (13,371) | 2.5 | 0.2 | (311) | (13,371) | 38.1 | 2.4 | (533) | (1,622) | 40.1 | 2.9 | (201) | (522) | 8.8 | 1.1 | (110) | (1,100) |
| MOS: Combat support | 12.7 | 0.8 | (746) | (5,877) | 2.4 | 0.4 | (145) | (5,877) | 46.5 | 3.1 | (291) | (746) | 29.0 | 5.0 | (93) | (282) | 10.4 | 1.8 | (52) | (464) |
| MOS: Combat service support | 13.3 | 0.7 | (976) | (7,679) | 2.4 | 0.3 | (179) | (7,679) | 43.2 | 2.3 | (370) | (976) | 30.8 | 3.4 | (122) | (364) | 8.9 | 1.9 | (57) | (612) |
| F(2,209), p-value | 0.8 | 0.47 | 0.1 | 0.88 | 2.7 | 0.07 | 3.1* | 0.045 | 0.3 | 0.74 | ||||||||||
| Rank: Junior | 12.7 | 0.4 | (1,706) | (14,370) | 2.9 | 0.3 | (363) | (14,370) | 39.8 | 2.5 | (584) | (1,706) | 39.7 | 3.3 | (220) | (566) | 12.1 | 1.3 | (143) | (1,140) |
| Rank: Senior | 13.2 | 0.6 | (1,260) | (9,497) | 2.5 | 0.2 | (240) | (9,497) | 44.8 | 3.0 | (480) | (1,260) | 34.1 | 2.7 | (175) | (472) | 7.0 | 1.4 | (65) | (788) |
| Rank: Officer | 12.0 | 1.1 | (378) | (3,060) | 1.2 | 0.3 | (32) | (3,060) | 40.6 | 5.1 | (130) | (378) | 17.0 | 4.0 | (21) | (130) | 5.3 | 2.2 | (11) | (248) |
| F(2,209), p-value | 0.5 | 0.62 | 7.8* | <.001 | 0.8 | 0.46 | 9.8* | <.001 | 7.0* | 0.001 | ||||||||||
| Total | 12.7 | 0.4 | (3,344) | (26,927) | 2.5 | 0.2 | (635) | (26,927) | 41.8 | 1.6 | (1,194) | (3,344) | 33.9 | 1.9 | (416) | (1,168) | 9.2 | 0.9 | (219) | (2,176) |
| Pre-enlistment suicidality risk | 61.2 | 1.3 | (2,164) | (3,344) | 56.7 | 3.4 | (390) | (635) | 55.7 | 2.0 | (739) | (1,194) | 57.9 | 4.2 | (262) | (416) | 53.5 | 5.2 | (128) | (219) |
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| Component: Regular army | 21.1 | 0.9 | (530) | (2,751) | 5.2 | 0.6 | (155) | (2,751) | 44.7 | 3.3 | (233) | (530) | 37.3 | 4.8 | (105) | (227) | 15.1 | 2.5 | (50) | (303) |
| Component: Guard-reserve | 11.4 | 2.3 | (45) | (304) | 4.0 | 1.4 | (15) | (304) | 68.0 | 9.4 | (30) | (45) | 49.3 | 7.9 | (14) | (29) | 7.1 | 6.9 | (1) | (16) |
| F(1,210), p-value | 12.4* | <.001 | 0.7 | 0.42 | 3.5 | 0.06 | 1.1 | 0.29 | 1.1 | 0.30 | ||||||||||
| MOS: Combat arms | 13.5 | 2.3 | (40) | (217) | 4.5 | 1.6 | (14) | (217) | 46.5 | 9.9 | (19) | (40) | 60.1 | 12.1 | (11) | (19) | 10.3 | 6.5 | (3) | (21) |
| MOS: Combat support | 20.7 | 2.0 | (160) | (765) | 5.8 | 1.1 | (50) | (765) | 44.8 | 6.0 | (73) | (160) | 44.4 | 9.0 | (36) | (72) | 15.6 | 3.9 | (14) | (88) |
| MOS: Combat service support | 20.6 | 1.0 | (375) | (2,073) | 4.9 | 0.6 | (106) | (2,073) | 46.4 | 4.1 | (171) | (375) | 34.9 | 5.3 | (72) | (165) | 14.8 | 3.5 | (34) | (210) |
| F(2,209), p-value | 3.8* | 0.024 | 0.3 | 0.74 | 0.0 | 0.97 | 1.3 | 0.27 | 0.3 | 0.77 | ||||||||||
| Rank: Junior | 17.9 | 1.2 | (299) | (1,723) | 6.2 | 0.9 | (103) | (1,723) | 50.5 | 4.7 | (138) | (299) | 48.8 | 6.4 | (75) | (136) | 21.3 | 4.9 | (28) | (163) |
| Rank: Senior | 21.8 | 2.0 | (183) | (887) | 5.0 | 0.8 | (53) | (887) | 41.7 | 5.3 | (87) | (183) | 35.7 | 6.7 | (34) | (82) | 14.5 | 4.4 | (19) | (101) |
| Rank: Officer | 22.8 | 1.9 | (93) | (445) | 2.5 | 0.7 | (14) | (445) | 44.4 | 6.3 | (38) | (93) | 19.6 | 6.2 | (10) | (38) | 3.9 | 2.1 | (4) | (55) |
| F(2,209), p-value | 2.4 | 0.09 | 5.0* | 0.007 | 0.8 | 0.45 | 4.3* | 0.015 | 6.1* | 0.003 | ||||||||||
| Total | 20.1 | 0.9 | (575) | (3,055) | 5.1 | 0.5 | (170) | (3,055) | 46.1 | 3.2 | (263) | (575) | 38.3 | 4.4 | (119) | (256) | 14.8 | 2.4 | (51) | (319) |
| Pre-enlistment suicidality risk | 70.0 | 2.6 | (400) | (575) | 64.3 | 6.1 | (122) | (170) | 68.6 | 4.1 | (185) | (263) | 65.7 | 7.8 | (89) | (119) | 61.4 | 10.6 | (33) | (51) |