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Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) suicide monitoring

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has worked with the Department of Defence to link information from Defence personnel systems to a variety of health and welfare data. This includes analyses on cause of death and release of an annual update on levels of suicide among permanent, reserve and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members.

Life in Mind summarises and translates this data, including infographics of key findings.

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Ex-serving ADF members hospital admissions for suicidality and self-harm

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released data on characteristics of ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members hospitalised for suicidality and intentional self-harm.

Serving and ex-serving ADF members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2022

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report, Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: suicide monitoring 1997 to 2021 (released 24 September 2024), is the seventh annual update on suicides among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members.