My infographic is about some of the side effects Veterans come home with. In my infographic, it contains four charts. The charts my infographic contains are, a pie chart containing information about PTSD, a swatch chart with holding information about alcoholism, a triangle bar that has information about drug/ medication abuse, and a horizontal bar graph that encloses information about the number suicides.
PTSD Pie Charts
The PTSD pie charts on my infographic are about the percentage rates about veterans getting/ having PTSD after their duties. Iraq veterans have 13.8% of their veterans getting/having PTSD, as shown in first pie chart shaded dark orange. Gulf War veterans have 12% of their veterans getting/having PTSD, as shown in the second pie chart shaded light green. The general population of veterans have 3.5% chance of having/getting PTSD, as shown in the third pie chart shaded in pink. 15.2% of male veterans have/gotten PTSD after
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Alcoholism Swatch Chart
The swatch chart on my infographic contains information about alcoholism. Alcoholism rates for veterans are higher than the general population. Veterans with active duty service have a rate of 47% of alcoholism rate with a rate of one drink a week for the past month, as shown in chart as the gray line on top. Rates for veterans that have been exposed to high combat are 27% have a had drink once a week for the past month, as shown in the chart as the black line on the bottom. 3. Drug/Medication Abuse Triangle Bar
The triangle bar contains information about the rates of drug/medication abuse. For civilians, the rate of drug/medication abuse is 4.4%, as shown on the left triangle shaded as light pink. While on the other hand, veterans have a 11.4% rate of drug/medication abuse, shown as the dark pink triangle to the right. Rates like this are abnormal because the rates for veterans with drug/medication abuse are two times as much as the rate for civilians. 4. Suicide Horizontal Bar
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