Figure 5
Suicide Rate-U.S. Air Force Members 1990-2002

Figure 5

SOURCE: Air Force Institute for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Risk Analysis, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

Because suicide rates are affected by many factors, it is not yet known whether the decline (1994-1999) is solely a result of the program, and whether the slight rebound in the rates (1999-2002) is from loss of the program's early momentum.

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