The 1 st Ever VA Suicide Report Printed Feb 2012 Janet Kemp, RN PhD, Robert Bossarte, PhD Covers FY 2001-2009 21 states provided data Suicide rates compared by Age group Gender Marital Status
The VA study Compared civilian/vet suicides 1999-2009 Complete data from 21 states Partial data from other 29 states Of 147,763 total suicides from this period 27,062 were identified as having military service on their death certificate (18.3%) Suicide Data report 2012 Dept of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
Veteran Suicide Rates among VHA Users This is for All Veterans, of all age groups Suicide Data report 2012 Dept of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
Percent of Veterans Among all Suicides Has Decreased Suicide Data report 2012 Dept of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
Misleading Information Percent of veterans among all US suicides has decreased Number of suicides have increased by 11% Suicide rate (per 100,000) has increased by 8% Number of veterans who have died by suicide has increased over the time period Suicide Data report 2012 Dept of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
Estimated by 2010, 22 Veterans Will Commit Suicide Each Day Suicide Data report 2012 Dept of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
Determining OEF/OIF Suicide Rate Suicide rate, all veterans - 35.9 per 100,000 6% of these due to 20-29 yr. old veterans 2.15 of these 35.9 are from this group Of the 100,000, 4.7% from 20-39 yr. old veterans 4,700 of this group is from this age bracket Doing the math 2.15 suicides per 4,700 veterans = 46 per 100,000 for 20-29 yr. old veterans
Veteran Suicide Rates - Age Groups age group % of suicides Both Genders % of popula0on # of suicides per total % of total Suicides popula0on per 100,000 20-29 6.00% 4.70% 2.154 4,700 46 30-39 9.10% 8.40% 3.2669 8,400 39 40-49 15.60% 14.40% 5.6004 14,400 39 50-59 20.00% 17.30% 7.18 17,300 42 60-69 16.50% 25.60% 5.9235 25,600 23 70-79 18.60% 16.70% 6.6774 16,700 40 20-39 yr. old age group is mostly Post 9-11 veterans Suicide Data Report, 2012 Dept. of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services Suicide Prevention Program Dr. Janet Kemp, Dr. Robert Bossarte
VUB Demographic, Age & Gender Gender 83% Male 17% Female Age 26 yrs. and under - 14% 27-54 yrs. - 77% 55 yrs. and ove r- 9% 91% are between 26 and 55 yrs. Old Highest suicide rate age bracket From the VUB Program review 2000-2001
Veteran age group Suicide Rate by Age Group % of total Total suicides Male Veterans Age group % of suicides # of 35.9 suicides by age group # of the 100K in age group Rate per 100K 20-29 5.05% 35.9 5.80% 2.0822 5,049 41 30-39 9.02% 35.9 8.90% 3.1951 9,017 35 40-49 15.36% 35.9 15.00% 5.385 15,356 35 50-59 18.55% 35.9 20.00% 7.18 18,546 39 60-69 27.37% 35.9 16.80% 6.0312 27,374 22 70-79 17.86% 35.9 19.00% 6.821 17,856 38 Most Post 9-11 veterans fall into the 20-29 age group at time of this VA study (2009) Highest suicide rate since WW I
What do these age groups represent? (study from 2000-2009) 20-29 yrs. old If 29 yrs. old in 2009 Born in 1980 Was 21 yrs. old in 2001 Likely to enlist into War on Terrorism 50-59 yrs. old If 59 yrs. old in 2009 Born in 1950 Was 18 yrs. old in 1968 Likely drafted/enlisted into Vietnam war Top two age groups for suicides are from Iraq/Afghanistan and Vietnam Wars
Women Veteran Suicide Rates by Age Veteran age group % of total Group - Women Veterans Total suicides Age group % of suicides # of 35.9 suicides by age group # of the 100K in age group Rate per 100K 20-29 12.60% 12.08 12.90% 1.55832 12,600 12 30-39 26.20% 12.08 18.90% 2.28312 26,200 9 40-49 30.00% 12.08 34.10% 4.11928 30,000 14 50-59 10.30% 12.08 19.40% 2.34352 10,300 23 60-69 5.20% 12.08 16.80% 2.02944 5,200 39 70-79 9.80% 12.08 19.00% 2.2952 9,800 23 The trend is opposite to that of male veterans!
What does history show us? We will compare suicide rates from Civil war, WW I, WW II, Korea, Vietnam and OEF/OIF We will compare Conditions during the war and when they came home What they received for their service o US Government and American Citizens Diagnosis of the veteran upon returning home How the veteran was treated for these diagnoses The impact of the GI Bill on the suicide rate And the help in the veteran to civilian transition
The Very First VRC s, WWII Vets WWII veteran demographics 23% had a high school diploma 77% DID NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 50% of 2.2M campus veterans were married 25% had children Vast majority of US campus veterans were 25-29 yrs. old With no High School education and family distractions, they were not prepared for college! Milton Greenberg-report taken from the U.S. Department of State publication, Historians on America SERV Proprietary and Confidential
Results of the First VRC s 1956 11 years after final victory 2.2 million WWII veterans attended college 180,000 college-educated engineers 200,000 college-educated accountants 238,000 teachers 91,000 scientists 67,000 doctors 22,000 dentists 1 million other college-educated individuals ~1.7M college degrees 78% Graduation Rate Unthinkable! Should not have happened! Milton Greenberg-report taken from the U.S. Department of State publication, Historians on America SERV Proprietary and Confidential
US Impact of Your VRC Veterans know how to: Work together for the common goal Whether they like each other or not Make decisions that allow them to be self-reliant Rather than make bad decisions, and wait for the bailout How to put themselves second, and the mission first Rather than looking out only for themselves This is very evident when evaluating the income gap over the past 100 years Cycles in the US repeat themselves
Income inequality 1910-2010 Center on budget and policy priorities A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality By Chad Stone, Danilo Trisi, Arloc Sherman, and William Chen[1] Revised December 5, 2013
Income inequality Post WW II to 2010 Center on budget and policy priorities A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality By Chad Stone, Danilo Trisi, Arloc Sherman, and William Chen[1] Revised December 5, 2013
WW I vets not embraced Civilians run corp s Great Depression Equalizes the income Vietnam vets not embraced Civilians run corp s Civil War vets retire Pre-1920 Civil War vets running companies and organizations WW II/Korea vets embraced WW II/Korea vets running companies and organizations WW II/Korea vets retire
Reasons for the Trends Pre 1910 data still be researched Early info shows low income inequality When US embraces an era of veterans Less income inequality More veterans running companies/corporations When War veterans run companies/corporations Unit Mentality takes over Less me first mentality Less income inequality
Reasons for the Trends The Unit Mentality approach to business in America We are all in this together We will all succeed together We will share the success together A CEO veteran is much LESS likely to accept a multi-million dollar bonus Unless all of the employees receive one as well A CEO Civilian much MORE likely to accept a multi-million dollar bonus Has not experienced the benefit of the unit mentality
What can you and your campus do? Understand the Unit Mentality approach of your student veteran You will experience this as they help civilians prepare for an exam, or work on their homework Emphasize the Unit Mentality with student veterans Share with them the Income Inequality trends
What can you and your campus do? Encourage your student veteran to lead Have them lead student groups on campus Hold mock business events and observe their approach Prepare your student vet to lead corporations and businesses Help reverse the trend of Income Inequality across the US
VRC Success Stories J. Schupp has created business plans for over 150 campuses nationwide Community colleges, universities, private and public Many of them have started the process Many of them have succeeded Here are a few of them
Results from Hiram College From: Rood, Donna B. Sent: Wed 1/26/2011 2:21 PM To: Faculty; Staff; Class of 2011; Class of 2012; Class of 2013; Class of 2014; Weekend College Students; Graduate MAIS Students Subject: Message from the President To the campus community, I am delighted to share additional good news with you this week. Our friend and former trustee Chuck Miller has given $500,000 to the campus through the estate of his parents, Paul C. and Kathryn W. Miller. Chuck s wishes are that we use the money to renovate Miller Dining Hall as the new home for student support services and for our new efforts to recruit and provide support to military personnel returning to civilian life. The funding will be used to complete the renovation of Miller and to create an endowment to support programs related to the work done by Kathryn Craig, Frank Hemphill, and their colleagues in Student Life. In his letter to me announcing the gift, Chuck said I am certain that our mother and father would be pleased and delighted that their contribution to Campus A would be used for these activities. Both of them were very strong believers in education and the opportunities that can result from learning for not only the individual student s career, but his or her family and the communities in which they live. This is a wonderful gift from Chuck and his wife, Judie, that enables us to advance the support we provide to our student body. Tom Chema
Terra Community College New Veterans Center at Terra State Opens For most of her career at Terra State Community College, Joyce Spencer has been an advocate for armed forces veterans. Now she has, well, an army of supporters. Thanks to a push from administration, the hard work of maintenance and housekeeping employees, and Spencer s steady guidance, the new Terra State Veterans Center opened on Nov. 15, 2012 It features four computer work stations, a conference room with white board, and a lounge area with a flat screen television. A coffee maker, microwave, refrigerator and sink round out all the comforts of home
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Millet, David <dmillet@ewu.edu> wrote: Results from Eastern Washington University John I wanted to pass on a thank you and the below links to our opening of the EWU Veterans Resource Center. Part of the success of this project had to do with the information you provided last fall in ROI and from a purely business sense why we should do a better job of recruiting, retaining and graduating veterans. First link is to photos of the opening although still a work in progress. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewuphoto/sets/72157630519578742/with/7545949310/ http://www.ewu.edu/about/ewu- news/military- center.xml So EWU is moving forward and we look forward to assisting many more veterans in the future. Best,Dave M. David Millet Director of Advancement, College of Business and Public Administration, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Washington University, 102 Hargreaves Hall, Cheney, Wa 99004
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What This Presentation Has Shown How to reach the vets on your campus Developing trust is the first step How to engage your campus administration How to fund it without grants, and the impact it will have J. Schupp will create one for you How to staff it/where to locate it How to involve the community Success stories Very distant past, and near past and present Follow these steps and you should have your VRC!
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