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Table 2 Average annual suicide rates since end of index deployment, by rank, with 95% confidence intervals

From: Time-dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component

Rank full cohort

Years since end of index deployment

0–2 years

2–4 years

4–6 years

6–8 years

8–11 years

APCa

(95% CI)

Junior Enlisted (E1–E4)

47.12

(42.4, 51.8)

48.37

(43.6, 53.1)

53.48

(48.3, 58.6)

51.29

(45.5, 57.1)

49.42

(41.9, 56.9)

1.1 (− 1.7, 3.8)

Senior Enlisted (E5–E9)/Warrant Officer

25.83

(22.0, 29.7)

28.25

(24.2, 32.3)

29.92

(25.7, 34.1)

31.72

(27.1, 36.4)

35.34

(29.4, 41.3)

3.6 (3.0, 4.2)

Officer

16.18

(10.8, 21.5)

16.20

(10.8, 21.6)

16.57

(11.0, 22.1)

19.04

(12.3, 25.7)

11.99

(5.2, 18.8)

− 0.5 (− 8.0, 7.7)

  1. Suicide rates are per 100,000 person years
  2. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  3. aAnnual percent change estimated using trend analysis