Former female members of the Australian Defence Force are more than two times as likely to die by suicide compared with the general population, a new report has found.
The latest update on suicide among ADF members by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed that while suicide rates remained similar to previous years, ex-ADF members still had a higher rate compared to the Australian population.
The suicide rate between 1997 and 2020 among ex-serving men was 27 per cent higher than the general population, after adjusting for age, while ex-serving women had a rate 107 per cent above.
