U.S. Army Medical Command Injury Summary, Active Duty Personnel, 2014

Abstract

Injuries pose a major public health problem for the U.S. Army, impacting almost 300,000 active duty Army Soldiers annually leading to over 1.4 million medical encounters. Since 2008, MEDCOM has had the highest injury rates among all Major Army Commands (MACOMs). Purpose: To (1) define the relative impact of injury compared to other medical conditions among active duty MEDCOM personnel and (2) describe details of injuries among MEDCOM personnel, including leading injury causes, injury types, and affected body regions. Methods: Injury data (fatalities, hospitalizations, and outpatient visits) were obtained from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center in May 2015 for active duty Army personnel assigned to MEDCOM. Trends in injury rates by MACOM, 2005-2014, and descriptive statistics on 2014 MEDCOM injury causes, types, and body regions affected were calculated for hospitalizations and outpatient visits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1012194

Entities

People

  • Catherine Rappole
  • Esther O. Dada
  • Michelle Canham-chervak

Organizations

  • United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Body Regions
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Eye Injuries
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Injury Prevention
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Pain
  • Patient Care
  • Public Health
  • Spine
  • Therapy
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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