Also - from what I’ve seen and heard there are a large number of veterans over 50 who are committing suicide.
I guess what we have to look at in terms of older veterans (I’m a 66 YO vet) are onset of later life health problems and also severe economic distress like a lot of us have seen in the last 8 years or so.
It would be interesting to see if those over 50 vet losses compare at all with the general population losses.