Below are the running totals for U.S. Army suicides, updated with numbers for July that were released on Friday. The chart below compares totals so far this year with the those in July of 2012.

The gap between suicides of inactive duty reserves vs. those on active duty changed slightly, with active duty once again for the second month in a row slightly higher. For several months, numbers of inactive duty had been growing faster — not necessarily surprising given the ongoing combat zone troop drawdown. Still, to date, there is a nearly 30% increase in inactivite duty suicides compared to 2012, while active duty have declined about 15%.

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Earlier stories on military suicides.


SOURCE: On the Beat compilation of U.S. Army data.