Record-breaking suicides in US Army

He said 140 active-duty soldiers have killed themselves while another 71 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers killed themselves since January,totalling 211 at the beginning of this week.

8220;This is horrible,and I do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way,8221; Chiarelli told reporters.

According to Army statistics,for all of 2008,140 active-duty soldiers killed themselves while 57 Guard and Reserve soldiers committed suicide,totalling 197.

8220;We still haven8217;t found any statistically significant causal linkage that would allow us to effectively predict human behavior. The reality is,there is no simple answer 8212; each suicide case is as unique as the individuals themselves,8221; Chiarelli was quoted as saying by the CNN.

Another puzzling factor for army researchers,the top commander said,were troubling new statistics suggesting a surge in suicide rates among young soldiers who have never deployed.