Distribution Characteristics of Marine Corps Casualty and Illness Rates

Abstract

Disease and Non-Battle Injury (DNBI), Wounded in Action (WIA), and Killed in Action (KIA) rates were examined from Marine Corps unit diaries for a 150-day period of the Korean War. Statistical analyses were performed to ascertain the statistical distribution best representative of each of the rates. DNBI rates fell into a lognormal and normal distribution for combat and combat support troops, respectively. The rates for the WIA incidence best approximated an exponential distribution. The KIA rates were the most difficult to fit to a distribution due to the prevalence of zero daily incidence. Disease and non- battle injury rates, Casualty rates, Goodness-of-fit tests, Statistical distributions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276015

Entities

People

  • Christopher G. Blood
  • Edward R. O'donnell

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battles
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Goodness Of Fit Tests
  • Information Science
  • Korean War
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Normal Distribution
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Statistical Tests
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine