That's how many American soldiers attempted suicide for only half a decade.

The latest research conducted in the United States (SHBA) revealed that in 2004-2009, 9512 active American soldiers have attempted suicide, the Anadolu Agency (AA) broadcast.

According to official data from US health institutions, one in five suicides is committed by retired soldiers, while disturbing is the growing rate of attempted suicide among active soldiers.

“magazine JAMA” has published the results of the investigation into the number of attempted suicides that have ended with harm or death of soldiers, while the analysed data is for the period 200409.

During this period, suicide attempted has resulted in a total of 9512 soldiers, of whom 86 percent men and 14 percent women.

Among American soldiers who have held hands to themselves”, 60 percent are white and 68 percent under the age of 30.

One of the researchers Robert Ursano has said that any attempted suicide in any American entity significantly increases the risk of repeating this phenomenon in that entity.

University of Texas professor Alan Peterson warns that the conditions soldiers perform their duties are the most common cause of attempted suicide.

Previous US investigations have revealed that military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan has doubled the number of attempted suicides among American soldiers.

The US Army's command from 2011 to 2015 has suspended over 90 thousand soldiers because of not fulfilling the professional obligation, while more than 57 thousand of these soldiers have been recorded in trauma caused by stress in office.