Annual Injury Surveillance Report 2018 Summary

Abstract

This document provides a summary of injury medical encounter surveillance data for Active Duty Soldiers from Calendar Year (CY) 2018. Injuries summarized in this report are based on medical encounters diagnosed using codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification, 10th Revision (ICD-10 CM). Diagnosis codes for injuries were identified as those describing any damage or interruption of body tissue function caused by an energy transfer that exceeds tissue tolerance suddenly (acute trauma) or gradually (cumulative micro-trauma). During CY2018, injuries were the leading cause of medical encounters (over 2 million encounters) and cumulative micro-traumatic musculoskeletal overuse injuries accounted for a large majority of incident injuries (72 ). Most incident injuries (99 ) were treated in the outpatient setting. Leading causes of injury encounters in the outpatient setting were falls and overexertion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1136406

Entities

People

  • Anna Schuh-renner
  • Catherine Rappole
  • Michelle Canham-chervak

Organizations

  • United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Body Regions
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Energy Transfer
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Motor Vehicles
  • Patient Care
  • Public Health
  • Surveillance
  • Taxonomy
  • Upper Extremity

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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