Suicide on the Joe Rogan Experience

“the suicide rate has gone up since 2005 in the veteran community by about 6%. But here's the mind-blowing statistic. In the civilian population, suicide has ri…”

The speaker claims veteran suicide rates rose only about 6% since 2005 while civilian suicide rates rose almost 50% in the same period, citing a 'Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report'.

“why is the Special Operations community, according to the Special Operations Command, committing suicide at a rate that's the highest in the military and 30% h…”

The speaker claims Special Operations personnel have the highest military suicide rate, 30% higher than the rest of the military, per Special Operations Command data.

“You know, the startling statistic, by 2030, 23 times more people will die, veterans and soldiers, will die of suicide then died in the whole entire combat time…”

Kennedy claims that by 2030, veteran and soldier suicides will outnumber combat deaths from the past 20 years of war by a factor of 23.

“He said it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 65%. And then, you know, there's cops killing bad guys. That's a certain percentage of it. And then a giant chunk…”

Kennedy claims (citing Colion Noir) that roughly 65% of gun violence deaths are suicides, with the rest split among gang violence and police shootings.

“So 18 to 35 year olds are the most vulnerable population that are just coming back from a deployment for suicide. And they have seen an 80% increase, I think i…”

Kennedy claims suicides among 18-35 year olds recently returned from combat deployment increased by roughly 86%.