{"id":21073,"date":"2020-11-24T00:36:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/24\/colorado-veteran-suicide-rate-higher-than-national-average\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:48:52","slug":"colorado-veteran-suicide-rate-higher-than-national-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2020\/11\/24\/colorado-veteran-suicide-rate-higher-than-national-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado veteran suicide rate higher than national average"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/11\/12\/suicide-rate-among-veterans-up-again-slightly-despite-focus-on-prevention-efforts\/\" target=_blank>Suicide among U.S. military veterans<\/a> reached record numbers in Colorado last year, with more than one former service member dying by suicide every week, a new report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention report from the Department of Veterans Affairs said Colorado\u2019s rate was \u201csignificantly higher\u201d than the national rate, <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/premium\/veteran-suicides-in-colorado-significantly-higher-than-national-averages-according-to-new-va-report\/article_23444d50-2b7e-11eb-b08a-770c4e4f9c2a.html\" target=_blank>The Gazette reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/11\/12\/suicide-rate-among-veterans-up-again-slightly-despite-focus-on-prevention-efforts\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" 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