Health Effects of the Mid-Life Years among Navy Enlisted Men
Abstract
The purpose of this article is (a) to compare the overall hospitalization rates of Navy enlisted men during a second (N = 30,393) and third decade (N = 19,471) of a Navy career (the third includes the mid-life transition years), (b) to identify high risk occupational groups, and (c) to identify specific health problems associated with the mid-life years. Results show that third decade enlistees have considerably higher hospitalization rates than the second decade cohort for 10 of the 16 major diagnostic categories; the largest differences are observed for Endocrine, Metabolic, and Nutritional Diseases, Circulatory Diseases, Supplementary Classifications, and Diseases of the Digestive System. The high risk occupational groups include Hospital Corpsman, Construction/Manufacturing, and Engineering/Hull during the third decade and Hospital Corpsman, Mess Management Specialist, and Deck during the second decade. Specific diseases with relatively high rates during the mid-life years are ulcers, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, hernias, arthritis, pneumonias, bronchitis, hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus. Implications for the Navy Medical Department also are discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA108995
Entities
People
- Anne L. Hoiberg
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center