Veteran Suicide In The United States
Disciplines
Geographic Information Sciences | Human Geography
Abstract (300 words maximum)
An issue that many people do not know about in the United States is veteran suicide. At one point, the nationwide suicide rate for veterans was reported to be 22 every single day. This project shows the suicide rate by state and then compares that to Veteran Affair locations. The main goal is to try and find a correlation between suicide rates and VA locations to try and plan places to either put more VA locations or get veterans help in another way. The data used in this project was gathered from layers on ArcGIS online. I chose to cover this topic because it is one that I have been very passionate about since I first heard of it. While the overall conclusions look confusing at first, there is some correlation to be seen.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Geography and Anthropology
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Uli Ingram
Veteran Suicide In The United States
An issue that many people do not know about in the United States is veteran suicide. At one point, the nationwide suicide rate for veterans was reported to be 22 every single day. This project shows the suicide rate by state and then compares that to Veteran Affair locations. The main goal is to try and find a correlation between suicide rates and VA locations to try and plan places to either put more VA locations or get veterans help in another way. The data used in this project was gathered from layers on ArcGIS online. I chose to cover this topic because it is one that I have been very passionate about since I first heard of it. While the overall conclusions look confusing at first, there is some correlation to be seen.