If this contention is statistically sound, controlled for age and other factors, then particular targeting of prevention efforts toward veterans makes sense.
Between 2001 and 2009, there were 1650 deployed veterans and 7703 non-deployed veteran deaths. Of those, 351 were suicides among deployed veterans and 1517 were suicides among non-deployed veterans. That means over nine years, there was not quite one veteran suicide a day.
"Less than one" is a lot less than 22.
prayers is less than 22/day. Best guess if 22/day was accurate ... doubt Americans would hear of this truth or the guesses of ‘why’ because it’s never a key to learning about ‘love of nation’ in the media?