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Table 1 Characteristics of Eligible deaths, by Data source

From: Harnessing national data systems to understand circumstances surrounding veteran suicide: linking Department of Veterans Affairs and National Violent Death Reporting System Data

 

MDR

NVDRS

n

%

n

%

Manner of Death

    

Suicide

22,787

92.31

148,020

87.05

Sex

    

Male

21,692

95.19

115,025

77.71

Female

1,095

4.81

32,963

22.27

Missing

-

-

32

0.02

Military History

    

Yes

22,787

100.00

24,770

16.73

No

-

-

115,781

78.22

Unknown or Missing

-

-

7,469

5.05

Age

    

17–39

4,223

18.53

54,011

36.49

40–64

9,494

41.66

67,803

45.81

65+

9,012

39.55

26,157

17.67

Missing or Invalid

58

0.25

49

0.03

Manner of Death

    

Undetermined

1,898

7.69

22,018

12.95

Sex

    

Male

1,726

90.94

14,267

64.80

Female

172

9.06

7,751

35.20

Military History

    

Yes

1,898

100.00

1,750

7.95

No

-

-

19,098

86.74

Unknown or Missing

-

-

1,170

5.31

Age

    

17–39

395

20.81

8,803

39.98

40–64

1,053

55.48

11,420

51.87

65+

448

23.60

1,795

8.15

Missing or Invalid

2

0.11

-

-

Total

24,685

100

170,038

100

  1. Note. MDR = Mortality Data Repository; NVDRS = National Violent Death Reporting System
  2. Age, sex and manner of death for each data source were determined from that data source. Manner of death for MDR is determined based on underlying cause of death, whereas manner of death for NVDRS is determined by the manner of death variable. Military history in NVDRS is determined from the military history variable, whereas all MDR records in this analysis were Veterans
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