Line chart titled "How Homicide Compares With Other Active-Duty Military Deaths" showing annual deaths among active-duty U.S. military personnel by recorded manner of death from 1980 to 2025. Accident deaths start above 1,500 in 1980 and decline steadily to about 230 by 2025. Self-inflicted deaths rise from roughly 230 in 1980 to become the leading category after 2019, reaching around 330 in 2025. Illness deaths fall from about 420 to around 160 over the period. Hostile-action deaths remain low except for major spikes during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, peaking near 850 in 2007 before dropping close to zero. Homicide deaths decline from about 174 in 1980 to 23 in 2025, making homicide one of the least common causes of death throughout most of the period. Pending and undetermined deaths remain comparatively low. The chart highlights the long-term decline in homicide and accident deaths and the rise of self-inflicted deaths as the largest recorded category in recent years.