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VETERANS |
SAN MATEO COUNTY
POPULATION CATEGORIES |
| POSSIBLE INDICATORS |
1990 NEEDS ASSESSMENT
REPORT |
UPDATE |
OTHER NEEDS STATEMENTS-DATA |
Number of Veterans in County |
1987: 74,000
1989
70,220
|
1990
49,460
3,404 (4.8%) |
1991
68,110
3,320 (4.9%) |
|
"Overall, the veteran population is declining. There were 27 million veterans in
1988, 5 percent fewer than in 1980. The VA expects the total to drop to 24 million by 2000
and to 14 million by 2030." (American Demographics, August 1993)
|
| Number of Female Veterans |
3,350 – 4.8% |
21,452 21,280 |
| Number From Vietnam War Era |
21,340 |
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| Number Disabled |
|
| Suicide Rates among Vietnam Veterans |
| Percent homeless population who are Veterans |
3.9% of homeless in US are veterans,
compared to 11% of the general pop.
|
| Readjustment Problems:
- Lack of employment & education
- Substance abuse
- Delayed stress resulting in depression
- Flashbacks/Survival guilt
- Exposure to Agent Orange
- Social stigma contributing to isolation
& alienation
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| Source: United States Department of Veterans Affairs,
1984, 1990, 1991 |
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