VISI is the acronym for Veterans Incarceration/Suicide Index and focus of this paper. Certain states possess elevated incarceration rates as well as suicide rates, but little is known about the veterans facing criminal charges and suicide. 

In an effort to determine an incarcerated suicide index for veterans per state, I averaged the percentages of veteran population, incarceration, and suicide to create an index. This in an effort to determine the effect of Veterans Treatment Courts on the psychological well-being of the veteran facing criminal charges In 2014, Veterans accounted for 18% of all deaths by suicide among U.S. adults and constituted 6.6% of the U.S. adult population (ages 18+).

In 2010, Veterans accounted for 20.2% of all deaths by suicide and represented 9.7% of the U.S. adult population. There is continued evidence of a high burden of suicide among middle-aged and older Veterans. In 2014, about 65% of all Veterans who died by suicide were age 50 or older. After adjusting for differences in age and gender, risk for suicide was 21% higher among Veterans when compared with U.S. civilian adults. (2014)