RAND Corporation recently summarized some of the findings in the Defense Department’s survey on military health. Here are the ones that struck me:
- 19.4% have had more than one sex partner in the past year
- 6.1% identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans
- 61.3% have deployed
- 9.9% met criteria for PTSD
- 37.8 percent have chronic pain
- 1.4% reported a suicide attempt during the previous year
- 8.6% take sleep medications almost daily
Finally, one that surprised me: 65.7% are overweight.
