The Department of Veterans Affairs (“the VA”) recently released a report showing state-by-state disparities in suicide rates among Veterans.  Sadly, the data tracks Veteran suicides rates through 2014 leaving a significant time gap in determining whether the trend in 20+ veteran suicides a day is improving.

The news media has been quick to seize on some of the notable anomalies in the data, some of which is highlighted below from PBS news:

• Suicide among military veterans ...